Annotation:Sweet Portaferry

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X:1 T:Sweet Portaferry M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Edward Bunting (1840) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb B/A/|GGA|F2 G/F/|EFG|B2 c/d/|ece/c/|B/A/GF|EEE|E2 B/A/| GGA|F2 G/F/|EFG|B2 c/d/|ece/c/|BGF|E2E|E2|| B/A/|GAB|e2 e/d/|cBc|E2 E/F/|GBB|ede|c2c|B2 B/A/| GGA|F2 G/F/|EFG|B2 c/d/|ece/c/|B/A/GF|EEE|E2||

SWEET PORTAFERRY (Cuan Milis an Challaidy). Irish, Air (3/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Bunting): AAB (Haverty). The melody is related to "Londubh agus an Ciarseach (An)" (No. 7 in Bunting's 1840 collection).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the Irish collector Edward Bunting noted the tune from "J. McCracken Esq. Belfast, 1800."

Printed sources : - P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 286, p. 143. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 76, pp. 119-120.

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