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X:1 T:Sweet Kathleen Machree M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"With spirit" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 558 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|c>dc cec|cAc cGc|cEc cde|f>dd d2f| e>dc cec|cAc cGc|cEc ceg|fdB c2f| ece egf|ece ege|f>dd d2e|f>dd d2f|ege fdf| edc cAG|GEG c2d|ece g2f|e>cc c2d|e>cc c2||

'SWEET KATHLEEN MACHREE '(Caitilin Dileas Mo Croide). Irish, Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Joyce): C Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (O'Neill): AB (Joyce).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - copied by Mr. Pigot from a MS. lent to him by Miss O'Connell of Grena, Killarney" ([Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 802, p. 390. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 558, p. 98.

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