Annotation:If to a Foreign Clime I Go

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 IF TO A FOREIGN CLIME I GO. Irish, Air. One of a reputed seven or eight hundred compositions of the ancient Irish harper Thomas O'Connellan (see note for "Breach of Aughrim (The)/Farewell to Lochaber"). According to Hardiman (Irish Minstrelsy), Connellan was born at Cloony Mahon in County Sligo early in the 17th century, and died near Lough Gur, County Limerick, sometime previous to the year 1700.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:

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