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HIMSELF IS SLEEPING. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second strain introduces both mixolydian and even dorian modes before resolving to major, making for a meandering sound.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 27, p. 7.

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