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X:1 T:I Once had a true Love M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”With feeling” B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 77, p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B|{a}(gf).d|(Bd).f|(e2d)|{d}(c2B)|.B2.b|({a}(gf).d| (Bd).f|(fe).d|(Bd).f|(fe).d|{d}(c2B)|.B2.B| (B>cB)|(Bd).f|(g>a).b|{a}(g2f)|.f2.B| (B>cB)|(Bd).f|(g>a).b|{a}(b2f)|.b2b| {a}(gf).d|(B{cBAB}d).f|(fe).d|(d/c/=B/c/e/>d/)|!fermata!B2||

I once had a true love. Irish, Air (3/8 time). D Major (Holden): B Flat Major (Clinton): F Major (Haverty). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Clinton): ABB (Holden): AB (Haverty).

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Printed sources : - J. Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 77, p. 39. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 237, p. 115. Smollet Holden (Collection of favourite Irish Airs), London, c. 1841; p. 10.

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