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 FELIX. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This air was a favourite theme; for I find in the Forde and Pigot Collections many tunes, altered indeed, but evidently modelled on it and with different names." Oh, Felix, my honey, I've value and money, A snug and compact little farm; Three acres of ground, With a ditch all around, To keep the potatoes from harm: A headland of flax Without tithe or tax; Dark yarn that the fine frieze is made of; Geese and turkeys galore, And myself to the for;--  Now, Felix, what are you afraid of?  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 250, pp. 120-121.  Recorded sources:

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