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Thread #73781   Message #1282481
Posted By: Lighter
27-Sep-04 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Silent O Moyle tune origin?
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Silent O Moyle tune origin?
Moore wrote these words to a modernization of the tune "Arrah, My Dear Eveleen." I believe the original was played at the last convention of Irish harpers in Belfast about 1797.