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I WISH I WAS A FISHERMAN LIVING ON THE HILL OF HOWTH [1]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.

Source for notated version: Mr. Flattely of Mayo, via (Irish collector William) Forde [Joyce].

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 496, p. 272.

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