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X:1 T:Sibéil Ni Bhriain T:Elizabeth O'Brien B:James Goodman manuscripts vol. 1, No. 10a (mid-19th century) M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|(D>E) (F>G) A3 A/>A/|(B2 ce) d2 (d/c/)(B/A/)|(G>F) (F>E) D !fermata!D2 (D/E/)|(FA) (GF) F2 !fermata!E>A| (D>E) (FG) A2 A>A|B2 (ce) d2 d(c/B/)|F2 (D>F) (E>B) (A/G/F/G/)|E2 .D.D D3|| (F/E/)|(F>A) (Bc) .d.d !fermata!d(c/B/)|(A>G) (F>D) (FE) !fermata!D (D/E/)|(F>D) (F>E) .D.D !fermata!(D D/E/)|(F>A) (B>c) d2 (d/c/B/A/)| F2 (D>F) .A.A A (F/A/)|B2 (ce) d2 (d/c/B/A/)|F2 (D>F) (E>B) (A/G/F/G/)|E2 .D.D!fermata!D2:|]

SIBÉIL NI BHRIAIN (Elizabeth O’Brien). AKA and see "Maire Ní Dhaonléith." Irish, Air (cut time, “Slow & distinct”). D Major (Goodman): F Major (Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Goodman): AAB (Petrie).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - vol. 1 (No. 10a) of a large manuscript collection dated 1861 compiled by James Goodman, a Church of Ireland cleric who collected primarily in County Cork [Shields].

Printed sources : - Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 25, p. 13. Charles Viliers Standford (The Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Music), 1905; No. 1570, p. 394.

Recorded sources: -

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