Annotation:Groves of Blarney (The)

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 GROVES OF BLARNEY, THE (Coillte Blarnaig). AKA and see "Last Rose of Summer (The)," "Sad and Luckless Was the Season." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): ABCDEF (Roche). O'Neill says this song is a parody of "Castle Hyde."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 507, p. 89. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 42, p. 21.  Recorded sources:

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