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 Theme code Index    3H1H52 351H1H
 Also known as    Ann Aice an Srutan, Down the Burn Davie Lad (1)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    C
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Francis O'Neill
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 373, p. 65
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1903
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BY THE BROOKSIDE (Ann Aice an Srutan). AKA and see "Down the Burn Davie Lad (1)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is "Down the Burn, Davie Lad", printed by Nathaniel Gow in 1822.

Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 373, p. 65.


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