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X:1 T:Welcome to the Country [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 164. Mid-19th century, County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g2 ef gedB|eaag abba|g2 ef gedB|AcB^G A2A:| e2 cA BAGB|e2 cA ced=f|e2 cA BAGg|gedB A2A2| e2 cA BAGB|e2 cA ced=f|egfa gaba|gedB A2A2||

WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY. Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Welcome to the Country" is a reel that was entered into at least three important Irish music manuscripts of the latter 19th century: County Cork Canon James Goodman's mid-19th century collection, County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier's 1883 collection, and the Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection^[1].

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection (c. 1909, Oriel, south Ulster) [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II), No. 2, 1909; No. 39. O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 57 p. 48.

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↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the south Ulster curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

[1] Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the south Ulster curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

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