Annotation:Brown Maid (The)

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BROWN MAID, THE (Cailin Donn (An)). AKA and see "Oh! Touch Dear Maid that String," "Oh! Breathe Not His Name." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), c. 1860's; No. 93, p. 22. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 154, p. 27.

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