Annotation:Jolly Pedlar (2) (The)

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 JOLLY PEDLAR [2], THE (An Ceannuighe/Ceannaidhe Súgach). AKA - "An Ceannuighe Súgach" (Cany-Soogagh). Irish, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Learned by Joyce as a child in Limerick (c. 1840's). I am a young pedlar that rambles this nation o'er, From seaport to seaport and market towns galore, Among jolly comrades I spend my money free, And the brave Canny Soogagh is noted in each counterie. ... (Joyce)  Source for notated version: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 95, p. 49.  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:

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