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stable version,
checked on
23 February 2022.
Accuracy | Spot checked |
Depth | Basic |
Readability | Acceptable |
X:1
T:Súisín Bán (An)
T:White Blanket [2], The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
G>A|B2 E2 E2 D>E|G2 AB c3 A|B2 AG E2 D>E|A2 A2 A2 GA|
B3 A GEDE|G2 G2 G2:||:B2|cBcd efgf|edcB c3 A|
B2 AG E2 D>E|A2 A2 A2 G>A|B3 A GED>E|G2 G2 G2:||
WHITE BLANKET [2], THE (An Súisín Bán). Irish, Air (4/4 or cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Shields): AABB (O’Neill).
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (London, 1804-10) [O’Neill]; a manuscript collection dated 1861 compiled by the Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman, who collected primarily in County Cork [Shields].
Printed sources : - O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 87. Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 27, p. 14.
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