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NEWPORT LASS, THE (Gearrchaile Bhaile Uí bhFiacháin). AKA - "Newport Lasses." AKA and see "O'Brien's Fancy," "Trip to Athlone (The)/"Trip to Athlone (A)." Irish, Double Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Breathnach): AA'BB' (Taylor). Newport is in County Mayo. The tune is a mixed mode piece, shading from major to mixolydian in different parts and versions. The Irish group De Danann recorded the tune under the title "Trip to Athlone (The)."

Source for notated version: piper Matthew Tiernan/Maitiu Mac Tighearnain (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 42, p. 17. Taylor (Where's the Crack), 1989; p. 18.

Recorded sources: Drumlin Records, Brian McNamara - "A Piper's Dream." Lochshore CDLDL 1215, Craob Rua - "The More that's Said the Less the Better" (1992). Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush" (Learned from his father).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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