Annotation:Flower of the Vale (The)
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FLOWER OF THE VALE, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Joyce): AABB (O'Farrell). The 'vale' of the title may refer to the famed Golden Vale of Ireland, a large fertile region of the island.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 689, p. 346. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; p. 68.
Recorded sources:
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