Annotation:Páinneach na nUbh (2)

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PÁINNEACH NA nUBH [2] (The Basket of Eggs). AKA and see “Montrose's March.” Irish, Air (6/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Given by Breathnach as a comparison with Mrs. Murphy’s version ("Páinneach na nUbh (1)").

Source for notated version: John Playford’s in Musick’s Delight on the Cithren (1666) where it appears as “Montrose's March” [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 12 [2], p. 10.

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