Annotation:Tops of the Branches (The)

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TOPS OF THE BRANCHES (Barraidh na g-craobh). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major/A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "Sent to me...during 1884 by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick on Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and song" [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 258, p. 124.






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