Annotation:I am a real Republican

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 I AM A REAL REPUBLICAN'. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "There was a Ninety-eight song to this air:--'I am a real republican; John Wilson is my name'" (Joyce).  Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846 [Joyce]  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 600, p. 311.  Recorded sources:

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