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X:1 % T:Sailor Boy, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Rather slow" S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|dd/B/ d>e BB|AG G3A|BA/G/ A2 Bd|ee d3G| Bd g2 ba|g/e/d/e/ d2 gf|e/d/B d>e BB|AG G3||

SAILOR BOY, THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - "Mr. J.C. MacGowan of Newtownards, a good amateur musician," c. 1873 [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 317, p. 148.

Recorded sources: -