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X:1 T:Girl of Bruree, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow and with expression" S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D GA|B2=c2B2|A4 (3ABc|d2 d>c AF|G4 FG|A2F2 ED| F2G2E2|D6|D4:||AG|A2d2e2|f3g e>d|d>c defd| e3d (3cAG|A2d2e2|f3g e>d|(d4 d)e|f4 (5DEFGA| B2=c2B2|A4 (3ABc|d2 d>c AF|G4 FG|A2F2 ED|F2G2E2|D6|D4||

GIRL OF BRUREE, THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bruree is a village in south-eastern County Limerick. Connemara sean-nós singer Seán 'ac Dhonncha sang the air in his recording of "Spailpín, a rúin."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "...copied from (a) well-written manuscript lent to me in 1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, of Bruff, Co. Limerick" [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 249, p. 120.

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