Annotation:Gay Young Fireman (The)

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 GAY YOUNG FIREMAN, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. O'Neill (1922) says: "Some fifty years ago I heard a ballad sung to this air by a young lady from Brooklyn, NY. It recited the fascinations of A Gay Young Fireman of that city. The strain, unmistakably of Irish origin, displays marked individuality."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.  Recorded sources:

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