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HUGGERTH THE PUSS. AKA and see "Faire! Faire! ar Aghaidh! ar Aghaidh!, "Lasses of Limerick." Irish, Double Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBC. Related to the "Gold Ring (1) (The)" family of tunes. The Irish musician and collector Edward Bunting (1773–1843) printed it as "Faire! Faire! ar Aghaidh! ar Aghaidh!" in his third collection, Ancient Music of Ireland (1840).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 236, p. 26.

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