Fox's Sleep (The)

Tune annotations

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X:1
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T:Foxes Sleep, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Bunting - A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1796, No. 2, p. 1)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
"Moderato"(B/c/d)|[G2B2e2] (e<d) .c2 (B<G)|(B<G)(B<c) e2-e<c|B2 (G<F) A<GTF>E|
[G,4E4][G,2E2]:||(B/c/)d|[G2e2] (d<e) c2 (d<e)|{g}(f>e)(f>g) [F2B2] z2|
{f}(ed)(ef) (gf)(ed)|[G2e2] {def}[G2e2] z2 B/c/d|[G2e2] (e<d) .c2 (B<G)|
(B<G)(B<c) ([E2e2] e<)c|B2 G<F A<GTF>E|[G,4B,4E4][G,2B,2E2]:|]

X:2
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T:Foxes Sleep, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:John Mulholland -- Ancient Irish Airs (Belfast, 1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
d/e/f|g2 g<f e2 d<B|d<B d<e g2 g<e|d2 B<A c<B A<G|G4 G2:|
|:d/e/f|g2 fg e2|fg|agab d2z2|gfga bagf|g2 {fga}g2 z2:|]

X:1
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T:Foxes Sleep, The 
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow and with feeling”
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 40, p. 20)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
.f|b2 (b>a) (agf).d|(f2 ga).b2 (b>a)|(agf).d {f}(ed)(c>B)|
B4 z2.f2|.b2 (b>a) (agf>).d|(f2 {gf=ef} g>)a {a}b2 (b>a)|
(gfd>)B (fec>).d|B4 z2f2|b2 (a>b) {a}g3 (a/b/)|
(c'>bc'>).d' .f3 .f|{c'}(b>ab>).c' (d'c'){c'}(ba)|{c'}b2 z2z2 f2 {gf=ef}|
(b3a) (ag) z.f|(fd)(fg) {g}!fermata!b2 (b>a)|(gf)(d>c) (e>d){d}(c>B)|B6||

X:1
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T:Fox's Sleep, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 167, p. 76)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
"Moderato"(B/c/d)|.e2 (e<d) .c2 (B<G)|(B<G)(B<c) e2-e<c|[G2B2] (G<F) A<GF>E|[G,4E4][G,2E2]:||
(B/c/)d|e2 (d<e) c2 (d<e)|{g}(f>e)(f>g) [F2B2]z2|{f}(ed)(ef) (gf)(ed)|e2 {def}e2 z2 B/c/d|
.e2 (e<d) .c2 (B<G)|(B<G)(B<c) e2-e<c|B2 G<F A<GTF>E|[G,4E4][G,2E2]:|]

X:1
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T:Fox's Sleep, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 335
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
"Slow"B|d2 d>c cB AF|A2 Bc d2 d>c|cB AF {A}GF E>D|D4 z2A2|
d2 d>c cB A>F|A2 B>c {c}d2 d>c|{B}A2 F>D GF EE|D2 z2z2||
A2|d2 c>d c<B zc/d/|e>d e>f A2 zA|{e}d>c de f>e {e}dc|{e}d2 z2z2 A2|
d2 c cB z A|AF AB/c/ {B}d2 d>c|BAF>D GFEA|D4 z2||

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