Annotation:Grey Beard (The)

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 GREY BEARD, THE (An Feusog Liat). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.  Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin, originally from Limerick Junction, County Tipperary (b. 1840's). Cronin was a weaver and a machinest, who boasted that he never forgot nor forgave a slight, but who could play tune after tune steadily for hours. O'Neill considered him an excellent musican and obtained many tunes from him [O'Neill].  Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 131. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1393, p. 259.  Recorded sources:

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