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NEW SHIPS A SAILING. AKA - "Eddie Duffy's New Ships A Sailing." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cyril Maguire (Hidden Fermanagh), 2003; p. 97.

Recorded sources: Celtic 2003, "Hidden Fermanagh (Traditional Music and Song from County Fermanagh), vol. 1." Green Linnet GLCD 1117, Altan – "Harvest Storm" (1992. Learned from a tape of the playing of fiddler Mick Hoy and the late flute player Eddie Duffy, of Derrygonnelly, Co. Fermanagh). Shanachie 79067, Boys of the Lough – "Farewell and Remember Me" (1987).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Altan's recording on youtube.com [2] (2nd tune in medley preceded by "Pretty Peg" and followed by "Bird's Nest" and "Man from Bundoran").




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