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NIGHT WAS CALM, THE (Do bi an oidce cuin). Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

Source for notated version:attributed to Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 582, p. 102.

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