Annotation:Merry Days of Easter (2) (The)

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MERRY DAYS OF EASTER [2], THE (Aimsir Aerach na Cásca). Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. No relation to O'Neill's "Merry Days of Easter"; it is, however, related to "Jolly Pigeons (The)" in Donncha Ó Briain's The Golden Eagle.

Source for notated version: James Madigan (County Louth), whose collection dates from the 1840's [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 117, p. 60.

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