Annotation:Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (2)
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PRETTY GIRL MILKIN' HER COW [2] (An Cailin deas cruidte na m-Bo). AKA and see "Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow (2) (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time) or Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is rendered in 9/8 time in vol. 1 of Franck Roche's collection of Irish music (1912, where it appears as "Pretty Maid ..."). The air is very similar to "Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (1)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 188, p. 59. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 103, p. 19.
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