Annotation:Prison of Clonmel (The)

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PRISON OF CLONMEL, THE (Príosúin/Príosún Chluain Meala). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This air belongs to the family of tunes which includes “As a Sailor and Soldier (were Walking One Day).” See also the related, albeit distanced melodically, metrically and in key, "Gaol of Clonmell (The)," collected by Phillip Carew (published by George Petrie).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; p. 19.

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