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SHANE GLAS.
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Translated from the Irish of Turlogh O'Carolan,
by Thomas Furlong.
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2. lov - er, thro' life, with - out quar - rels can pass ; The gal - lant, whose head is < not
3. bound to the fair, or re - turn - ing from Mass ? With her smile so be - witch -ing, her
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For this air I beg to thank my anonymous correspondent in Dublin who has so kindly forwarded me several " traditional
melodies not in printed books." My correspondent names it "After dark, my love and I. Limerick air/' and as it seems to
suit Furlong's translation of the song called "Shane Glas," attributed to Carolan, and printed in Hardiman's frish Minstrelsy,
vol. i., 1831, 1 have adapted it accordingly. I greatly regret that my correspondent did not give me any further information re-