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X:1 T:Derry Brien M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Slow” B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D de/f/|gfed d2 de/f/|ABAG F2 FG|A2 AA B2 AF|A2 Bd d2:| A2|d2 de f2f2|gfed e2 eg|f2 ed d>c >A|BdcB A2- Af/g/| afed d2 ~de/f/|ABAG F2 FG|A2 AA B2AF|A2 Bd d2||



DERRY BRIEN. AKA and see "Savourna Delight/Delish." Irish, Air (4/4 time). B Flat Major (Petrie): D Major (Holden). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Petrie notes: "Same as 'Savourneen Dheelish."

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Printed sources : -Smollet Holden (Collection of favourite Irish Airs), London, c. 1841; p. 12. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 741, p. 186.

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