Annotation:I wish I was a silver watch that in my truelove's pocket I might lodge

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 I WISH I WAS A SILVER WATCH THAT IN MY TRUELOVE'S POCKET I MIGHT LODGE. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.  Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Lietrim, 1846 [Joyce].  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 607, p. 314.  Recorded sources:

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