Fiddle solo, unknown - piano, Decca 12158. Tom Ennis recorded Dwyer's as Eileen Curran, in the key of A minor; this recording is also on this site. Playing in A requires going up to high C, not impossible on the fiddle but tricky, so fiddle settings are in G minor instead, such as the one in O'Neill's, under the title the Sailor's Return. The label for this record actually listed the second tune as the "Star of Monster." Like the first tune it is more commonly heard in A minor. This is a lovely Sligo fiddle setting that blurs the line between G major and minor very expressively. It was also recorded by Coleman and Hugh Gillespie, and Michael Gorman plays both the A and G versions on the Sligo Champion 2CD set.

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