Annotation:Joys of Summer (The)

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JOYS OF SUMMER, THE (Taitneam na Samrad). AKA and see "Ar Hŷd y Nôs," "All Through the Night (1)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This is the famous Welsh air "Ar Hyd y Nos," known most familiarly as "All Through the Night (1)."

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

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 230, p. 40.

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