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WILD DUCK'S FLIGHT, THE (Eitilt na Lachan Fiáine). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Roslea, County Fermanagh, flute player James McMahon (c. 1900-1977).

Source for notated version: fiddler Liam Donnelly (born County Tyrone, d. 1992), who spent his life working in Belfast and who helped Breathnach in his collecting work [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 12, p. 8.

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