Annotation:Munster Leaf (The)

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MUNSTER LEAF, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor (Clinton): D Minor (Holden). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air appears in several of publisher Smollet Holden's collections, including A collection of Favorite Irish Airs arranged for the Harp or Piano Forte, vol. 1 (Dublin, 1818) and A Collection of Old Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes, vol. 2 (Dublin, c. 1805).

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Printed sources : - Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 118, p. 59. Smollet Holden (Collection of favourite Irish Airs), London, c. 1841; p. 2.

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