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X:1 T:Come Along with Me [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"With force" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 343 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|G2 A>F|G2 A>c|d2 c>A|G>F D>F|G2 A>F|G2 (3ABc|d2 e>c|(d2d)|| B/c/|d2 f>d|G2 d>c|B2 c>A|G>F D>F|G2 A>F|G2 (3ABc|d2 c>A|(G2 G2)||



COME ALONG WITH ME [1] (Tar Liomsa). Irish, Air (2/4 time, "with force"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of the 19th century English air "All 'Round My Hat (1)." Paul de Grae[1] notes that it was "...a Cockney parody that proved very popular from the 1820s onward and spawned many versions; the one popular in Ireland, where the hat is adorned with a tri-coloured ribbon, is a later adaptation by Peadar Kearney, referring to the Easter Rising of 1916. The air may be English, and is also called "The Budgeon is a Fine Trade" (e.g., in Chappell's "Popular Music of the Olden Time")."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler and police sergeant James O'Neill, originally from County Down. O'Neill collaborated with Francis O'Neill (no relation) to produce "Music in Ireland."

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 343, p. 59.






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  1. Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [1].