Annotation:Campbells are Coming (2) (The)

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CAMPBELLS ARE COMING [2], THE (Tá na Caimbéalaigh ag Teacht). AKA and see "The Lasses of Sligo [2]." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB'CC'. The alternate title "Lasses of Sligo" is from O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922), reprinted from Power's Musical Cabinet (1810); it is not the Scottish jig/march usually known by that name.

Source for notated version: fiddler Pat Kellegher, 1967 (Bunanadden, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 95, p. 51.

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