Annotation:Four-Leafed Shamrock (The)

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FOUR-LEAFED SHAMROCK, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was composed by fiddler and accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991) of Newtown, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. The first strain is similar to "Whistling Postman (1) (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Brien (The Definitive Colleciton of the Compositions of Paddy O'Brien 1922-1991), 2009; p. 57.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played by Alan & John Kelly with Cyril O'Donoghue on youtube.com [1]




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