Annotation:Land of the West (The)

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LAND OF THE WEST, THE. AKA and see "I Will if I Can (1)." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The words and music of this song 'Land of the West' were composed by Samuel Lover (1797-1868). Lover composed it as part a burletta, which may have been staged before it was published in book form. He published this song in his collection of 'Songs and Ballads' (1839).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 95, p. 53. Samuel Lover, (Songs and Ballads), (London, 1839), page 59

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