Annotation:Down Among the Ditches O

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 DOWN AMONG THE DITCHES {OH} (Sils Ameasg Na Diogaib). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). D Major (O'Neill): D Mixolydian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody as printed by O'Neill and by Petrie are not identical, but are related.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 295, p. 51. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 508, p. 128.

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