Annotation:Castle Hyde (2)

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 CASTLE HYDE [2]. AKA and see "Let Others Breathe in Glowing Words." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. O'Neill says a parody of this song is the similarly-metered "Groves of Blarney" (Fitzsimon's Irish Minstrelsy, 1814, even gives "Castle Hyde" to the tune of "Groves of Blarney"). Joyce (1909) found an entry in the Forde MSS indicating the song is sometimes sung to "Youghal Harbor," and says his "Castle Hyde" is a variation on the "Youghal" tune. Source for notated version: the air was learned by O'Neill from the singing of his father in Bantry, west Cork [O'Neill]. Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 229, p. 40. Recorded sources:

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