Annotation:Raca breág mo cin

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RACA BREÁG MO CIN (The Pretty Hair Comb). Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

Source for notated version: “From Skull, Co. Of Cork. P MacDowell, Esq” [Petrie]. Belfast sculptor Patrick MacDowell [1] (1799–1870) was an Irish song enthusiast with a vast repertory, and supplied a number of Irish song airs to collector George Petrie [2] (1790–1866).

Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1082, p. 274.

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