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Sheet Music for "How Paddy Was Fooled"How Paddy Was FooledAirPlayfullySource: O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 160Transcription: AK/Fiddler's Companion



HOW PADDY WAS FOOLED (An Nos Do Bi Paidih Meallta). AKA and see "Cader Idris," "Jenny Jones," "Sweet Jenny Jones," "Widow on the Train." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was composed as "Cader Idris" by the early 19th century harper John Parry, known as‘Bardd Alaw’.Paul de Grae points out the tune is a 3/4 time variant of "Top of Cork Road (The)" AKA "Father O'FlynnCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content


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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 160, p. 28.






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