Annotation:Planxty Drew

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PLANXTY DREW (Pleraca Dreu). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).

Source for notated version: “From P. Carew’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Collector George Petrie () obtained a number of tunes in his collection from the music manuscript of Patrick Carew.

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 41, p 46. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 690, p. 126. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 41, p. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection'), 1905; No. 874, p. 218.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1047, Johnny Cunningham - "Fair Warning" (1985).