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MOON SHINES BRIGHT, THE. English, Irish; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Adapted for dancing in Britain from the Irish song recorded by the group De Danaan under the title "And the Moon Shone Bright and Clearly." Both titles are lines from the folk song "Seventeen Come Sunday" (Roud 27, Laws O17) [1].

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; p. 43.

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