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LITTLE MARY CULLINAN (Máirin Ni Cuileannan). AKA - "Little Celia/Sheila Connellan," AKA and see "Bhíosa lá I bport láirge," "Captain MacGreal of Connemara," "Dainty Besom Maker (The)," "Fare You Well Killeavy," "Forgive the Muse that Slumbered," "Gimblet (The)," "I'd Mourn the Hopes that Leave Me," "Johnny's Grey Breeks (2)," "Killeavy," "Old Lea Rigg (The)," "Little Sheila Connellan," "Maureen from Giberland," "Phelim O'Neill (2)," "Port Láirge," "Rose Tree (1) (The)," "Rose Tree in Full Bearing (The)." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with spirit"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Well known as the melody for a variety of folk songs from England, Scotland and Ireland, although the name "Little Mary Cullenan" was an early title, from a song set to the air by Munster poet John O'Tuomy (d. 1775). See note for "Rose Tree (1) (The)" for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 277, p. 48.

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