The Eight and Forty Sisters
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Eight and Forty Sisters" (in Gaelic Ochtar Deirfiúr is Daichead) is an Irish<br> reel in E Dorian (Breathnach, Roche) or E Minor (Darley & McCall). The parts are<br> played: one part (Darley & McCall), AB (Breathnach) or AAB (Roche). The ‘B’ part of<br> Darley & McCall’s version of the tune is shared with "Dublin Lasses".<br> The melody, particularly in the B part, is similar to "The Musical Priest".<br> Breathnach’s has a different second part.<br> This version is from Bancalari.<br> It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ II (1976),<br> Darley & McCall's Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music (1914),<br> Roche Collection (1982) and<br> Bancalari's Celtic Encyclopedia (1999).<br>
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