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X:1 T:Planxty Sweeney M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air C:Carolan B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 877) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G|{F}E>DE G2D|{F}E>DE G2B|{B}dcB {B}AGA|BAA ABG| {F}E>DE G2D|{F}E>DE G2B|d>cB {B}AGA|BGG G2:| |:G|GAB c2c|Bdc }c|BAG|A>BA ABc|dcB {B}A2G| {F}EDE G2D|{F}EDE G<!fermata!ge/|{e}dcB {B}AGA|BGG G2:|]

PLANXTY SWEENEY. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The subject has not been identified, according to Donal O'Sullivan (1958).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - “From M.S. Mrs. Close” [Stanford/Petrie]. Mrs. Close was a friend of artist and collector George Petrie (1790-1866) and was originally from County Galway.

Printed sources : - Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 164, p. 111. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 164, p. 189. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 877, p. 219.

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