"LONDONDERRY AIR"
qr would seem that "‘Londonderry Air," that tune that is as well-known the world over as "‘God Save the King" and "‘Auld Lang Syne," is also to be numbered among those things that everyone knows and knows wrongly. It first appeared in 1885 when it was published by the musician Parry, who said it had been given to him by a Miss Ross of Limavady, in Londonderry. Now comes along an authority on folk music, Miss Anne Gilchrist, who maintains that the "London-’ derry Ajir,"’ in its present form, has several features most unusual in a folk tune. She suggests that Miss
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Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 38, 29 March 1935, Page 3
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104"LONDONDERRY AIR" Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 38, 29 March 1935, Page 3
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