Annotation:My Fair-haired Darling (2)

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MY FAIR-HAIRED DARLING [2] (Mo muirnín na gruaige báine). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Cazden (et al, 1982) remarks this is a variant of a rather large tune family, which includes his duple-time Catskill Mountain (New York) collected song "The Poor Man's Family," as well as some versions of "The Banks of Newfoundland" and "The Lowlands of Holland."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 242, p. 42. O'Neill (1913), p. 120. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 63, p. 18.

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