Annotation:Man Who Died and Rose Again (2) (The)

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MAN WHO DIED AND ROSE AGAIN [2], THE (An Fear Do Fuair Bas agus Do Eirig Areis). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill, in Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (p. 105) remarks:

No one but an Irishman would thing of naming an air or a tune "The Man Who Died and Rose Again." Where Patrick Touhey, the famous piper, obtained this rare unpublished jig, we are unable to say.

Patsy Touhey (1865-1923)

Source for notated version: the celebrated uilleann piper Patsy Touhey [1] [O'Neill].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 69. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1096, p. 206. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 283, p. 61.

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