Annotation:Eight and Forty Sisters
Tune properties and standard notation
EIGHT AND FORTY SISTERS, THE (Ochtar Deirfiúr is Daichead). Irish, Reel. E Dorian (Breathnach, Roche): E Minor (Darley & McCall). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Darley & McCall): AB (Breathnach): AAB (Roche). The 'B' part of Darley & McCall's version of the tune is shared with "Dublin Lasses (2)." Breathnach's has a different second part.
Source for notated version: flutist Eddie Moloney, 1960 (Kinvara, Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Courtney Jones (Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland) [Darley & McCall].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 289, p. . Darley & McCall (Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs, The), 1914; No. 9, p. 4. Roche Collection, 1927, vol. 3; No. 81, p. 25.
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