By the Brookside
BY THE BROOKSIDE (Ann Aice an Srutan). AKA and see "Down the Burn Davie Lad (1)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is the Scots "Down the Burn, Davie Lad", printed by Nathaniel Gow in 1822.
Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].
Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 373, p. 65.
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