Annotation:Cailín na Gruaige Doinne

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 CAILÍN NA GRUAIGE DOINNE (The Girl with the Brown Hair). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The song begins: Ar bhantaibh an tSróil sea d'fhagas mo stór, '''S a maithrín ag gleo gan dabht léi.  'D taobh grá ' thabhairt dom shórt sa d'fhánaí gan treoir,'' ''Gan cairne buí óir i gcabhair dom.  'S í an bháb mhiochair modhail [mhodúil] ' chuir bláth ar mo sceol,'' 'S is páiste bhí óg gan dabht í 'S nach breá deas mo shórt ag geáitseáil ar bord, Le cailín na gruaige doinne.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; p. 15.  Recorded sources:

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