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I PREFER MY PEA-FLOWER. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Compare with 'Ta na la' in my Ancient Irish Music and with 'It is not day,' p. 348, above" (Joyce). See also the melodically similar (although differently-metered) "Humors of Castleoliver."

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Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 716, p. 357.

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