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Sheet Music for "The Road to Athlone"The Road to AthloneSlip JigSource: O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1170Transcription: AK/Fiddler’s Companion



ROAD TO ATHLONE, THE (An gotar go At-Luain). AKA and see "Cork City." Irish, Slip Jig. F Major/D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the similar "Captain McDonald's Favorite" and "Come Under My Dimity," particularly noticeable in the second strain. "Bunch of Hawes (The)" AKA "Hawthorn (2) (The)" is similar in the first strain, notes researcher Paul de Grae.

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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 87. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1170, p. 220.

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