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remain in a remote corner of my memory from dim old times.

I know nothing about this, farther than that the air and a bit of the song

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X: 1
T:Dainty Davy was a Lad
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song
H:I know nothing about this, farther than that the air and a bit of the song
H:remain in a remote corner of my memory from dim old times.
W:Dainty Davy was a lad;
W:He sold the shirt upon his back
W:To buy his wife a looking-glass
W:To see how nice her beauty was:
W:    So there was dainty Davy!
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
"Spirited: not too fast"\
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gbef gbba/g/|fbd>e faag/f/|gbbg faaf|gefd e2 e2||

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