Annotation:First Cousin of the Gallant Tipperary Boys (The)

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FIRST COUSIN OF THE GALLANT TIPPERARY BOYS, THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. The tune is named for the similarity in the opening bars with the tune "The Gallant Tipperary Boys." Source O'Leary indicated fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe was the original source for the tune and title.

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region), recorded in 1985 at Kenmare [Moylan].

Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 130, p. 76.

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