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X:1 T:Sly Patrick M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air or Jig B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 10, p. 5) H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (d/e/)|(f>e).d (ed).B|(A3 B2).d|(d>e).f (ag).f|(f3 e2)(d/e/)| (f>e).d (ed).B|(A3 B2)d|(d>e).f {f}(e2d)|(d3 d2):| |:f|(f>g).a .a.b.c'|(d'3 c'2).b|(ba).f (f>e).d|{^d}(e3 e2) (=d/e/)| (f>e).d (ed).B|(A3 B2)d|.d>.e(.f {f}e2)d|d3-d2:|]

SLY PATRICK (Padraic Glic). AKA and see "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded? (1)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "tenderly"). B Flat Major (Hughes): D Major (Clinton): G Major (Haverty, O’Flannagan, O’Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. In the early 19th century Thomas Moore used the melody for his song “Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded.”

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Printed sources : - Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 10, p. 5. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 242, p. 118. Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isles), London, 1867; No. 95, p. 22. O’Flannagan (The Hibernia Collection), Boston, 1860; p. 25. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 85, p. 15.

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