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BIRTHDAY, THE. Irish, "Song Air, not so fast as a Jig." C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Joyce obtained the tune from the Pigot Collection, where it had been copied (along with 11 other airs) from a ms. lent to Pigot by Miss O'Connell of Grena, Killarney [Joyce].

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 803, pp. 390-391.

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