Annotation:Farewell to Ardmale

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FAREWELL TO ARDMALE (Usir Roim bReacd An Lae). AKA – "Farewell to Ardmore." AKA and see "Hour Before Day (An)," "Uair Beg/Bheag Roimh A' La," "Sean O Duibir an Gleanna (1)," "Dhochtuir Dilis (A)." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Neill (1903) gives the tune as "Hour Before Day (An)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; no. 17, p. 5.

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