Annotation:Erin My Country (3) (Oh)

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 ERIN MY COUNTRY [3], OH. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Joyce finds that the air seems to have been sung with the words of the old song: Oh Erin, my country, although thy harp slumbers, And dwells in oblivion in Tara's old hall...... (Joyce)  Source for notated version: Mr. J. Snowe, Cork [Joyce]  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 664, pp. 332-333.  Recorded sources:

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