Annotation:Kitty O'Brien

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KITTY O'BRIEN. AKA - "Kitty O'Brian." AKA and see "Betty O'Brien." Irish, Air (cut time). G Major (Bunting, Hughes): D Major (Clinton). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Belfast collector Edward Bunting [1] (1773–1843) attributed the tune to Turlough O'Carolan in his General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1796). See note for "Annotation:Betty O'Brien" for more.

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Printed sources: Bunting (General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland), 1796; No. 38, p. 21. Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 168, p. 86. Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), London, c. 1860?; No. 38, p. 10.

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