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X:1 T:I Miltown a Cúala Mé an Ceól (In Milltown I heard the music) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 1072) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb f/e/|dcB BGF F2G|B2B Bcd e2f/e/|dcB G2F F2G|Bcd c2B B2:| e|dcB Bcd/e/ f2f|gfd Bcd e2 f/e/|dcB G>FG F2 G/A/|Bcd/e/ {B/d/}c2B B2||

I MILTOWN A CÚALA MÉ AN CEÓL (In Milltown I heard the music). AKA and see "Will My Love be True?." Irish, Air (9/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. George Petrie collected four versions of this air, three in 9/8 time and one in 6/8 time. Fr. John Quinn finds that Francis O'Neill copied the 6/8 version of the tune (No. 268 in Stanford/Petrie), transposed it and renamed it "Will My Love be True?."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - “Set from Margaret Hickey” and “Set from Bridget Monahan” [Petrie].

Printed sources : - Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 211, 268, 1072 & 1073.

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The Hoffmann Petrie version, with the title translated into English, is based on Stanford Petrie 1073, with the ending slightly altered.