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JOHN PEYTON. Irish, Planxty (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), although Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable evidence of its origin.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 149, p. 103. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 149, p. 181

Recorded sources:




Tune properties and standard notation