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X:2 T:O My Dear Judy M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air or Jig S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | GAB g2e | (f/g/)af g(fe) | dBB B2A | dBB B2A | (GAB) g2e | (f/g/)af (gf)e | dBA A2B | dBA A2B :|| GA(B/c/) dBB | (e/f/)ge dBA | GBB B2A | dBB B2A | GAB/c/ dBB | (e/f/)ge dBG | EAA A2B | dBA A2B | GAG dBB | (e/f/)ge dBA | GBB B2A | dBB B2 f/g/ | (aba) (gfe) | fdB g2e | dBA A2B | dBA A2 ||

O MY DEAR JUDY. AKA and see "O my dear father pity your daughter," "Bottle of Brandy (The)," "Bully for You," "Western Jig (The)," "Bonny Highlander (The)," "Buckey Highlander," "Petticoat Loose (1)," "The Leg of (a) Duck," "She is/She's the Girl that can do it," "Nelly's Jig," "Teddy you Gander," "Thady you Gander," "Sonny Dan," "Daniel of the Sun (1)," "From the Court to the Cottage," "Girls of the West," "I Gave to My Nelly," "'Tis sweet to think," "Donall/Domhnall na Greine," "Grumbling Rustic (The)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with spirit"). F Major (Joyce): G Major (O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Joyce): AAB (O'Farrell). "Gille na Drobhair" may be related to this air, a member of a large tune family. Joyce had the tune from the Pigot Collection.

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Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 696, p. 349. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 20.

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