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Songs submitted by Seamus Mac Mathuna
The Queen of the Fair This tune is believed to have been composed by John McFadden, a fiddler who was
born in Carramore, nearWestport, Co. Mayo, in 1846. He emigrated to the US, first
to Cleveland, Ohio, where he spent a few years before moving on to Chicago where
he spent the rest of his life. He was a highly respected fiddler in Irish traditional
music circles in Chicago in the late 1800s and early 1900s. One of his most ardent
admirers was no less a figure than Captain Francis O 'Neill, who wrote of him in
'Irish Minstrels and Musicians' as follows: 'The airy style of his playing, the clear
crispness of his tones, and the rhythmic swing of his tunes, left nothing to be
desired'. The tune was recorded in November, 1931 , by the famous Ballinakill Ceilf
Bands', issued by CCE in 2000.
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