Annotation:Harry Munro

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 HARRY MUNRO. AKA and see "Coolin Roe." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian/A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "'Irish and very old', remarks MacDowell in his MS." (Joyce).  Source for notated version: One of 48 airs given to Irish collector Forde by Patrick MacDowell, R.A., a "distinguished sculptor." "He was an ardent collector of Irish music, and drew his stories from every part of the country," says Joyce. MacDowell also gave a number of airs to collector George Petrie, who published them in his Ancient Music of Ireland (see also the Stanford/Petrie collection).  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 538, p. 288.  Recorded sources:

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