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![Irish Washerwoman [music transcription]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjYvMDEvMDEvaXJpc2gtd2FzaGVyd29tYW4tbXVzaWMtdHJhbnNjcmlwdGlvbi02NDAuZ2lm/320/421/jpg "Irish Washerwoman [music transcription]")
![Appalachian music. Flop-Eared Mule [music transcription]. Note sheet.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvZmxvcC1lYXJlZC1tdWxlLW11c2ljLXRyYW5zY3JpcHRpb24tMThkYTZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/52/webp "Appalachian music. Flop-Eared Mule [music transcription]. Note sheet.")
![[Irish colleen] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTAvaXJpc2gtY29sbGVlbi02NTBlMzAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Irish colleen] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![Appalachian music. Lost Indian [music transcription]. Note sheet.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTcvbG9zdC1pbmRpYW4tbXVzaWMtdHJhbnNjcmlwdGlvbi05MWVmNzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Appalachian music. Lost Indian [music transcription]. Note sheet.")
![Dance Betsy [music transcription] - Public domain musical sheets](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvYmV0c3ktbXVzaWMtdHJhbnNjcmlwdGlvbi1mYmJlZDUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "Dance Betsy [music transcription] - Public domain musical sheets")
![Spinning song, The [from] Flying Dutchman](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzcvMDEvMDEvc3Bpbm5pbmctc29uZy10aGUtZnJvbS1mbHlpbmctZHV0Y2htYW4tMS02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "Spinning song, The [from] Flying Dutchman")
![House Carpenter [music transcription]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjYvMDEvMDEvaG91c2UtY2FycGVudGVyLW11c2ljLXRyYW5zY3JpcHRpb24tNjQwLmdpZg%3D%3D/40/53/webp "House Carpenter [music transcription]")
