Annotation:Captain Higgins

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 CAPTAIN HIGGINS. Irish, Planxty (Cut time - A & B parts, 6/8 time C & D parts). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Hardiman states that Captain Higgins was from County Mayo, and "a brave old soldier, well known in his day." O'Sullivan finds a William Higgins who rose to the rank of Captain in the Royal Irish Dragoons (d. 1759), who may be the person honored by the air.  Source for notated version: John Lee's A Favourite Collection of the som much admired old Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan, the celebrated Irish Bard (Dublin, 1780) [O'Sullivan].  Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 57, pp. 54-55. OlSullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958, No. 57, p. 132.  Recorded sources:

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