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WHEN I CROSSED THE VALLEY (Nuair tarsnuig me an gleann). Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 256, p. 44.

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