Annotation:Mo craoibhin aoibhin aulinn ó

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MO CRAOIBHIN AOIBHIN AULINN Ó. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. According to John O'Daly (The Poets and Poetry of Munster, 1860, p. 71), the title is pronounced "mo chreevin, eevin, aulin o!" and "symbolizes our Native Land, and means literally 'my little-bough pleasant, beauteous, young'; this expression being applicable to a youthful maiden as 'scion' is used in English to designate a descendant." Craoibhin Aoibhin ("fine little branch") was also the nickname of Dr. Douglas Hyde, scholar and first president of the Irish Republic.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 10, p. 3.

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