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somewhat longer and more elaborate than the ordinary 2- or 3-Part airs.

is, I think, much finer. This was a "Piece", i.e., an instrumental tune

Stanford-Petrie: but the version I give here is considerably different, and

it played on the violin by her grandmother. There is a setting in

she was then 90 years of age: and she told me that she learned it by hearing

When I learned tihs tune from the singing of my grandmother, about 1850,

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X:1182
T:Cois Taoibh A Chuinn
T:Beside the Manor
O:england
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:tune
H:  When I learned tihs tune from the singing of my grandmother, about 1850,
H:she was then 90 years of age: and she told me that she learned it by hearing
H:it played on the violin by her grandmother.  There is a setting in
H:Stanford-Petrie: but the version I give here is considerably different, and
H:is, I think, much finer.  This was a "Piece", i.e., an instrumental tune
H:somewhat longer and more elaborate than the ordinary 2- or 3-Part airs.
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
"Mod."\
AG|FEFD A>B A/G/F/A/|(G3/2{A/G/}F/)GA c2 dc|A2 A>B AGFA|
G3 F D2 AG|FEFG A>B A/G/F/A/|(G3/2{A/G/}F/)GA c2 dc|A2 A>B AGFA|
A6 DE|FEFG A>B A/G/F/A/|(G3/2{A/G/}F/)GA c2 dc|A2 A>B cdeg|
=f3 e dc e2|d>cAG =FE D2|EDEG A2 GE|D2 DG E2 DE|D6 D2||
((6A/4B/4c/4d/4e/4g/4)|=f4 g2 fg|a6 z ^F3|G3 F D2 DE|\
D4 z ((6A/4B/4c/4d/4e/4g/4)|
=f4 g2 fg|a6 ^F2|GFGc A2 A2|A6 d/e/f/g/|agab a>b a/g/f/a/|
(g2 {a/g/f/}ga) gbag|(=f2{g/e/}f)e d>efe| d>c A((3G/F/G/) A3 ((3A/B/c/)|\
d2 d>c de=fe|
d>cAG A2 AB|c>dcA cd=fe|d>cAF G2 d/c/A/G/|=FEAG F2 ED|
EDEG A2 DE|D2 DG E2 DE|D4 D2||

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