Annotation:Sailing in the Lowlands Low

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X:1 % T:Sailing in the Lowlands Low M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 BG E2D2|GABc d4|e2 ee edBd|e4 d4| G2 BG E2D2|GABc d4|edBG A2 BA|G6 z2||



SAILING IN THE LOWLANDS LOW. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A famous ballad.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - "From the whistling of Joe Martin of Kilfinane Co. Limerick, a rambling working man with a great knowledge of Irish airs and songs, and much natural musical taste" [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 182, p. 91.

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