Annotation:Sweet Innisfallen

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X:1 T:Sweet Innisfallen M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (d>edc) (B2A2) | d>cde f3A | d3c {c}B2A2 | (B2c2d3)F | G2 (BG)F2 A>F | (D>EFA) {c}B2AA | (d>ef)A (B>cd)G | (F>G) E2 D4 ||



SWEET INNISFALLEN. AKA and see "Captivating Youth (The)," “Widow Machree,” “(My) Ain Kind Dearie (O),” “Have you seen or have you heard.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "Sweet Innisfallen" is a song by Thomas Moore, c. 1824. "Sweet Innisfallen" was also entered into Book 2 (p. 147[1]) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist) (probably copied from J.T. Surenne's collection).


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Printed sources : - Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 114. J.T. Surenne (Songs of Ireland without words), 1854; p. 122.






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