Annotation:Greensleeves (3)

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 GREENSLEEVES [3]. AKA – “Green Sleeves.” AKA and see "Bliven's Favorite," "Butchers of Bristol (1) (The)", "By Your Leave Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass (2)", "County Limerick Buckhunt (The)," "Finerty's Frolic," "Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," "Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The)," "Humours of Milltown (2) (The)," "Larry Grogan (1)," "Larry Grogan's (1)", "Lasses of Melrose (The)," "Lasses of Melross," "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite," "Lynny's Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," "Queen of the Rushes," "Waves of Tramore (The)," "Willie Clancy's." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. The tune is obviously a member of a large tune family that is more commonly known by the titles "Humours of Ennistymon" or "Larry Grogan." See note for "Groom."  Source for notated version: "James Buckley, a Limerick piper, about 1852" (Joyce).  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 142, pp. 72-73. O'Flannagan (Hibernia Collection), 1860; p. 20 (Boston, Elias Howe).  Recorded sources:

See also listing at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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