Annotation:James O'Brien
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMES O'BRIEN (Seamus Ua Briain). AKA and see "Seamus O'Brien," "Seamus O'Brien's," "Shamus O'Brien." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This tune is also known as a waltz in the Midwest United States as "Shamus O'Brien."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 367, p. 64.
Recorded sources: