Annotation:Stranger from Limerick (A)
X:1 T:A Stranger from Limerick M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Hornpipe S:O'Neill’s Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 315, no. 1694 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G D2|GAGF GBdB|ABAG FGAF|Bdgf edcB|AGFE DEFD| D2AG GBdB|A2AA ABcA|Eedc BAGF|A2G2 G2:| |:d2|dBGB DBGB|dBgf edcB|cAFA DAFA|BAed dcBA| GDB,D G,B,DG|BGed cBAG|Fedc BAGF|A2G2 G2:|]
STRANGER FROM LIMERICK, A. Irish, Hornpipe (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Paul de Grae[1] compares the first strain of "Stranger from Limerick" with the first strain of "Lime Street," and the two are cognate but somewhat distanced. Paul points out this setting must have derived from a fiddler, for O'Neill's credited source, Father Fielding, was a flute player and "Stranger from Limerick" goes to a low 'G' note, below the range of a flute.
