Annotation:John MacDermot
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHN MACDERMOT. Irish, Planxty or Air (4/4 time, "bold"). A Dorian or Minor ('A' part) & G Major/A Dorian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
Source for notated version: Miss Ellen Phelan, Cork (Joyce).
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 86, p. 69. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 817, p. 397. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 86.
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