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PICK YOUR PARTNER (Tog Do Callaide/Companac). Irish, Reel. B Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune is similar to “Glass of Beer (The).”
Source for notated version: virtuoso fiddler John McFadden (born Carrowmore, Co. Mayo), a contemporary of Captain Francis O'Neill [O’Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1903; p. 130. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1391, p. 259. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 635, p. 114.
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