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FATHER QUINN (An t-Atair Ua Cuinn). AKA - "Father Quin." AKA and see "Whenever I See Those Smiling Eyes," "Breath not again that Dreadful Word." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill): F Major (Haverty): A Major (Manson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Whene'er I see those smiling eyes" is the name of a Thomas Moore song set to the tune.
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - J. O'Neill [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill was a fiddler originally from County Down. He worked as transcriber and collaborator on Francis O'Neill's early volumes.
Printed sources :
P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 3), 1859; No. 202, p. 96.
Holden (Collection of Favorite Irish Airs, vol. 2), 1806; p. 11.
Manson (Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book, vol. 1), 1844; p. 169.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 375, p. 65.
Recorded sources: -
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