DONNELL O'DALY. AKA and see "Young Bridie O'Malley" (Brid Og Ní Mhaille). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The song is generally known by the "Young Bridie" title in modern times. Another variant is "I'm a Young Little Girl" (Is cailin beag og me). Paul de Grae points out the melody is the same as O'Neill's "Daniel O'Daly," although the key is different ("necessitating some re-shaping at the ends of phrases), and posits this is an instance of a process of "creative misreading."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - "From Mary O'Flaherty, Arran-More, 11th Sept., 1857" [Stanford/Petrie].
