Annotation:O Woman of the House

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 O WOMAN OF THE HOUSE (A Bhean-a-Tighe). ''' Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "I found this so incorrectly phrased and barred in the MS. as to be all but unintelligible. I have restored it to what I believe is the correct form" (Joyce). Source for notated version: "Copied from a Munster MS. lent me by the late John O'Daly, the Irish publisher of Anglesea St., Dublin" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 189, pgs. 93‑94.

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