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Book/Manuscript title:	Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Editor/Compiler:	Francis O'Neill,
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Printable PDF score:		Score: 10

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<!-- THIS IS FOR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION --> <!-- ************ DON'T TOUCH ************* --> {{#seo:¬¬¬¬ |keywords=fiddle tune finder, find recordings, irish fiddle tunes, original folk music, abc music finder, english country dance, old-time music |description=The semantic index of North American, British and Irish traditional instrumental music with annotations |image=TUC-160x120.png |image_alt=Traditional universal music }} <!-- ************ PLEASE!!!!! ************* --> <font face="sans-serif" size="4"> <div class="noprint"> <!-- SUBSTITUTE THE ABC NOTATION BELOW (BETWEEN THE <SECTION BEGIN /><SECTION END /> TAGS) WITH YOUR OWN NOTATION (IF ANY) --> [[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}}: Annotations]] </div> </font> <font face="sans-serif" size="2"> ---- <section begin=abc /> X:1 T:Downhill of Life [1], The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:William Forde music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent.) S:Piper Hugh O'Beirne (Ballinamore region, County Leitrim, 1846) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (cde)|f2F2D2|F3GA2|c2d2[e2f2]|f4 ed|c2d2AG|A2F2D2|F4:| |:zc|c2A2c2|f2e2f2|{e}g2e2c2|c4{g}ag|f2e2d2|c2A2G2| (Ad3) cd|f2D2F2|F3G A2|c2d2e2|f4 ed|c2d2 AG| A2F2G2|(DF3) c2|(df3) AG|(Ad3) Ac|B2A2G2|A2F2G2|D-F3|| <section end=abc /> <section begin=X3 /> X:1 T:Downhill of Life [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Allegretto" S:"From Mr. Pigot's M.S." B:Stanford/Petrie - Complete Collection (1905,No. 557) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (3c/d/e/|fFC F>GA|cde f2 e/d/|cdA/G/ AFD|F3 F2:| c|cAc fef|gec c2 a/g/|fed cAG|{G}d3 d2 c/d/|fFC FGA| cde f2 e/d/|cdA/G/ AFD|{D}F2 c {d}f2 A/G/|BA>G AFG|F3 F2|| <section end=X3 /> <section begin=X6 /> X:1 T:Downhill of Life [1] (The) M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Slow Air B:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903, No. 490) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G (3d/e/f/|gGD G>AB|def g2 f/e/|ded BGA|E3 F2(3d/e/f/| gGD G>AB|def g2 f/e/|ded BGA|G3 G2|| d|dBG gfg|afd g2 b/a/|gfe dBG|(A3 A2) B/c/| dBG gfg|afd g2 f/e/|dBG DEF|G3 G2|| <section end=X6 /> <ref>Fr. John Quinn, "The Downhill of Life: The Story of the Song--in Ireland", 7/09/24.</ref> <!-- FROM HERE ON YOU'RE ALLOWED TO ENTER MULTIPLE ABC NOTATED TUNES DUPLICATING <SECTION BEGIN /><SECTION END /> AS MUCH AS YOU NEED --> <section begin=X1 /> <section end=X1 /> </font> <font face="sans-serif" size="4"> <div class="noprint"> [[ANNOTATION:{{PAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}}: Annotations]] </div> </font> __NOTITLE__

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