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YOUNGEST DAUGHTER [1], THE (An Ingean Is Oige). AKA and see "Baintreach na Radaireacht," "Banrion Bhealtaine," "The Blossom of the New Tree," "Captain Murray's Reel," "Cock your pistol, Charlie [2]," “Granshaw Glens,” “Fitzgerald’s Reel,” “The Hard Road to Travel [2],” "Hopetoun House," “In the Tap Room,” "The Lady's Top Dress," “Life of Man [2],” "Lord Edward," "Miss Fargherson's New Reel," "The Mountain Lark [7]," "Polly's Reel," “The Ranting Widow,” “The Rakes of Abbey,” "Roll out the Barrel," "Scotch Maggie," "The Scotch Bonnet," "A Short Way to Heaven,""Sweet Molly [1],” "The Tap House," "The Tap Room." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Mulvihill, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). A large tune family with many variants in England and Scotland as well as Ireland. “Rolling in the Barrel” is a related tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 292 (appears as “Gan ainm”/Untitled). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 129, p. 35. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 99. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1217, p. 229. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 494, p. 94. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), Nos. 257 & 320.

Recorded sources: Tara 2002, Christy Moore "The Iron Behind the Velvet" (1978. Learned from "Paul Brock, an accordion player from Athlone. It was originally learned from the fiddle playing of the legendary Paddy Canny who lives near Tulla, Co. Clare").

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