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GROVES OF BLARNEY, THE (Coillte Blarnaig). AKA and see "Last Rose of Summer (The)," "Sad and Luckless Was the Season." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major (O'Neill, Roche): B Flat Major (Clinton). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): ABCDEF (Roche). O'Neill says this song is a parody of "Castle Hyde." Clinton's (1841) setting is for the flute.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland:200 Airs), 1841; No. 27, p. 14. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 507, p. 89. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 42, p. 21.

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