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PEACH BLOSSOMS, THE. Irish, Barndance (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was recorded in New York in 1935 by the famous fiddler James Morrison (1893-1947), known as “The Professor” because of his concentration on teaching, although he also recorded many times in the years between 1921 and 1936. Morrison was born in Lackagh, Drumfin, County Sligo.

James Morrison

Source for notated version: Paddy Ryan [Treoir].

Printed sources: Treoir, vol. 32, No. 1, 2000; p. 22.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1150, “The Moving Cloud.”

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