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DOUCHIG FOR SPORT. AKA and see "Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (The)." Irish, Air (3/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Farrel's title is a corruption of the Irish Dúisigh chun spórt, or 'Arouse to sport' [Fleischmann]. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) adapted the melody for his "Song of O' Ruark. Prince of Breffni. "

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; p. 37.

Recorded sources:

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