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WERE I A CLERK (Da m-bud cleireac me). AKA and see "You Remember Ellen." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Thomas Moore [1] (1779–1852) set his song "You Remember Ellen" to this air.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland), 1841; No. 91, p. 46. Hannam (Irish Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1810; p. 11. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 206, p. 99. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 113, p. 20.

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