Annotation:Raking Paudheen Rue

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RAKING PAUDHEEN RUE. AKA and see "Raking Red-Haired Pat," "Bold and Undaunted Fox," "McKenna's Dream." Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. O’Neill felt “Farmer Hayes” was a cognate tune and that it must have had a common origin with the “Raking Paudheen” air.

Source for notated version: “Big” John Ryan, originally from Tramore, County Waterford, once champion “stone-thrower” and an amateur on several musical instruments [O’Neill].

Printed sources: O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 15, p. 3. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 29, p. 23.

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