Brightest Eyes

 BRIGHTEST EYES. AKA and see "Jolly Clam-Digger's," "Old Blackthorn," "Rising Sun [2]." American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also variants "Sweeney's Dream" (as recorded by New York/Sligo fiddlers Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeney) and "Girl With the Laughing Eyes." Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 34. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 60.

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