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X:1
T:Ellen a Roon
T:Eileen Aroon [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Coffey - The Beggar's Wedding (1729, Act iii, Air xviii)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
E2F2G2|A3Bc2|E2F2G2|A6||A2d2d2|d2A2F2|
F2A2 B=c|B3A B2|A2d2d2|d2A2F2|
dABAdA|B3c A2|{cd}e3 dcB|A4 B2|E2F2G2|A6||
EILEEN AROON [2] (Eiblin A Run/Eileen, my darling). AKA - "Ailen Aroon." Irish, English; Slow Air (3/4 time) and Country Dance. B Flat Major (Haverty, O'Neill): G Major (Cranitch, Oswald): D Major (Gow, O'Farrell, Walsh). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Haverty, O'Neill, Walsh): AAB (Cranitch, Gow): AABBCCDD (O'Farrell): AABBCCDDEE (Oswald). See Eileen Aroon for notes on this tune.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 72, p. 29. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 41. Gow (Complete Repository, Book 2), 1802; p. 11. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2), 1858; No. 177, p. 80. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pp. 20-21. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 393, p. 68. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V), 1760; p. 21. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson (The Hibernian Muse), London, 1787; No. 10, p. 6. Thumoth (12 English and 12 Irish Airs), c. 1746; No. 13, pp. 26-27. John Walsh (The Second Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master, 3rd edition), London, 1735; No. 18.
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