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MONTH OF JANUARY, THE. AKA – "It was in the month of January." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Roud 175, Laws P20. See entry at "Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music" [1] for more on the song.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 110, p. 93.

Recorded sources: Dolores Keane, John Faulkner & Eamonn Curran – "Broken Hearted I'll Wander." Topic 12T182, "Mrs. Sara Makem, Ulster Ballad Singer" (1968. Recorded in Keady, Co. Armagh, 1967).




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