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Three Fantastic Variations on Lilliburlero for Two Pianos is a composition by the British composer Madeleine Dring published in 1948.Lilliburlero is an Irish dance tune. It was first published in Henry Purcell’s Musick’s Handmaid (1689). Various inflammatory political lyrics were written to the tune in the late 17th century. Several other composers have used the melody as the basis for compositions.