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ROVING BLADE, THE. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is similar to and perhaps cognate with the first strain of "Paddy O Finnerly." James Goodman researchers Hugh and Lisa Shields suggest a comparison with his "I wish I never saw you (4)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O’Neill].
Printed sources : - O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 199.
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