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X:1 T:Capt. McDonald's Favorite (#194) M:9/8 L:1/8 S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10 Z:Paul Kinder K:G g|dBB BAB GEE|dBG ABc e2 g|dBB B2 A GAB|BAG ABd e2:| |:f|gfg a/2g/2fe dBB|gfg agf e2 f|gfg agf efg|dBG ABd e2:||

CAPTAIN McDONALD'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Cork City." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain is similar to that of "Come Under My Dimity," "Cork City," and "Road to Athlone."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - copied from O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (1804-10) [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 11, p. 4. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 136. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 194.

Recorded sources: -

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