Annotation:Cahill's Courtship

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 CAHILL'S COURTSHIP (Suiride Uí Catail). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen).  Source for notated version: "Cahill" [O'Neill]. Probably an attribution to Chicago Police Sergeant James Cahill, a native of Kildare. Cahill was a piper and pipe-maker and made a number of fine instruments from the workshop in back of his house in the city.  Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 115. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1303, p. 244. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 567, p. 105  Recorded sources:

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