Annotation:Red Haired Girl (4) (The)

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RED HAIRED GIRL [4], THE (An Cailín Ruad). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air was printed in 1855 by collector George Petrie as "Cailín Ruadh (2) (An)," whose title comes from the song set to it:

I'd roam through Asia, likewise Arabia,
Or Pennyslvania looking for you;
Through the burning regions, like famed Orpheus,
For one embrace of you, Colleen rue.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2), 1858; No. 150, p. 69. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 13, p. 3.

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