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X:1 T: Smiling Bride C: Charlie Lennon S: De Danann Z: transcribed by B.Black Q: 350 R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K:D E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GEA, | CDE GAG | E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GEC | EDC DAF | E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GED | CDE GAB | cAG EFG | FdF GFG | AdB cAG | EDC D2 g | fgf fdA | fda agf | efe ecA | cde gag | fgf fda | fda afd | Bef gab | aec d2 e | fag fdA | daa agf | e2 e ecA | cde g3 | gfa baf | fge dAF | GAB Ace | dgf ecA | d6 ||



SMILING BRIDE, THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Black): AA’BB’. Composed by County Leitrim fiddler andpianist Charlie Lennon for the band De Dannan as part of a 1986 collection of tunes entitled "An Island Wedding." The starting chord is an ‘A’ Major chord, the dominant chord of the key.


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Printed sources : - Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 17, p. 9.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnet SIF3040, De Dannan - "Ballroom" (1987). Shanachie Records SHA-CD-78039, "The Mulcahy Family" (2000).




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