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MY DARLING PEGGY WHITE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "A Connemara Air" (Joyce).

Source for notated version: William Elliott Hudson, "a well known Irish patriot and scholar of the last century" [Joyce]. Wikipedia: "William Elliot Hudson (1796-1853) was a barrister noted for his philanthropy and his support of the Irish language. He was also a composer and, like his brother Henry, a collector of Irish folk tunes. However, his manuscript collection does not appear to have survived."

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 771, p. 378.

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