Annotation:Irishman's Toast (The)

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 IRISHMAN'S TOAST, THE. AKA and see "Scotland the Brave." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The note for the tune in Darley & McCall says it was adapted to the Fenian ballad "General Burke's Dream." See also the related "O'Donnell Abu."  Source for notated version: from a MS of Mr. James Corrigan (Clara, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland) [Darley & McCall].  Printed sources: Darley & McCall (The Feis Ceóil Collection Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 42, p. 18.  Recorded sources:

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