Annotation:Lovely Molly
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LOVELY MOLLY ("Mairin Deas" or "Mairin Maiseac"). AKA and see "Glenside Cottage (The)." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/Krassen): AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). See also the related "Murphy's Greyhound."
Source for notated version: County Down fiddler and Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, the collaborator of Francis O'Neill on Music of Ireland [O'Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 114. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1298, p. 244. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 563, p. 104.
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