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MR. BINDEN'S FANCY. AKA and see "Lord Breadalbane's Delight," "Delvin House (2)." Scottish?, Irish?; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears in Irish uilleann piper O'Farrell's collection as "Delvin House (2)," however, O'Farrell included Scottish and English as well as Irish melodies in his collection. Aird identifies it as "Irish," however, it does not appear in exclusively Irish collections, and does appear in several Scottish ones.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 135, p. 51.

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