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OPEN THE DOOR SOFTLY (Fuasgail an doras). AKA and see "Osgail an dorus go ciuin o," "Swift Fly the Hours." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "tenderly"). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The Chieftains version of the tune is characterized by Paddy Moloney as "a soft harp lullaby...as played by the harper Arthur O'Neill." biography:Arthur O'Neill was a blind harper who took several prizes for his playing at the end of the 18th century in Ireland, one of the last trained in the ancient harping tradition.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bunting (A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland), 1796; No. 15, p. 8. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 334, p. 58.

Recorded sources: RCA 09026-61490-2, The Chieftains - "The Celtic Harp" (1993).



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