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X:1 T:On the Sly M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 639 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin gf|eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGA Bcdf|eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGB A2 gf| eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGA Bc d2|eaag (3efg dc|BAGB A2||dc| BGBd g3a|bgaf ge d2|eaag a2 ga|bgaf gedc| BGBd g3a|bgaf gfed|eaag (3efg dc|BAGB A2||

ON THE SLY (Faoi yoin meise). "Lochiel's Rant," "Mountain Rose (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The first strain is cognate with that of "Gossan that Beat His Father (The)" family of Irish tunes, along with Glasgow publisher James Aird's "Lochiel's Awa' to France (but he'll come again)" (in Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1, 1782).

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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 639, p. 115.

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