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DEVIL TAKE THE WARS (Go m-Beiried an Dialial Na Cogad). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A version of the English air "De'il Take the Wars", printed by Playford in 1696.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 543, p. 95.

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