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FRANCIE WELSH'S BARNDANCE. Irish, Barndance. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Although Feldman and O'Doherty note the tune in 6/8 time, it is a dotted-duple rhythm typical of a barn dance or schottische.

Source for notated version: fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty].

Printed sources: Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 92.

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