Annotation:Biddy the Darling
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BIDDY THE DARLING (Bidí an Muirnín). Irish, Single Jig (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related "Rosie Finn's Favourite," recorded by the Bothy Band. The tune was collected by Samuel Bayard in fife tradition in southwestern Pennsylvania under the title "Green Cockade (1) (The)."
Source for notated version: fiddler Tom Barrett (Listowel, County Kerry) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach & Small (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 68, p. 35. Howe (500 Irish Melodies, Ancient and Modern), c. 1870. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867.
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