Annotation:Drums are Beating (The)

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 DRUMS ARE BEATING, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The mother cries Boys do not take my dear from me For if yes do my ghost will haunt yes Love farewell. ''The drums are beating and colours flying... ''  Source for notated version: "From J. Bridgford" [Stanford/Petrie].  Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 440 & 441, p. 111.  Recorded sources:

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