Annotation:For Freedom and For Erin

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FOR FREEDOM AND FOR ERIN (Le Saoirse's Le Eirinn). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "boldly"). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill was a fiddler, originally from County Down. He served as Francis O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early works.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 168, p. 29.

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