Poor Old Woman
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Poor Old Woman" in Gaelic "An Sean Bean Bocd", also known as "The Shan Van Vocht" is an
Irish air in 4/4 time and F Major. There is only one part.
There are many airs with this title, some related to others, some not. The tune was
recorded as a hornpipe on 78 RPM in Dublin in 1931 by the Fingal Trio.
It was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903).
It was recorded by The Fingal Trio on From Galway to Dublin: Early Irish Traditional Music
(1992) (A reissue of the 1931 original).
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