Blacksmith and His Son (The)

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 BLACKSMITH AND HIS SON, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "A jocular song was sung to this" (Joyce). The last two bars are the chorus. The melody resembles "Duke of Athole (1) (The), which appeared in Niel Gow's Second Collection (1788). Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 486, p. 269. __NORICHEDITOR__