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SIEGE OF TROY, THE (Seagad na Traige). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody is the vehicle for the song "Siege of Troy," printed in Crosby's Irish Musical Repository: A Choice Selection of Esteemed Irish (pp. 95-96):

I sing of a war set on foot for a toy,
And of Paris, and Helen, and Hector and Troy;
Where on women, kings, gen'rals, and cobblers, you stumble,
And of mortals and gods meet a very strange jumble.
Sing diderot, burbero, oh my joy,
How sweetly did one another destroy!
Come fill up your bumpers, the whisky enjoy,
May we ne'er see the like of the siege of Troy.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Sergeant James O’Neill [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - Crosby (Crosby's Irish Musical Repository), pp. 95-96. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 14, p. 3.

Recorded sources: -

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-'''SEIGE OF TROY, THE''' (Seagad na Traige). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
+'''SIEGE OF TROY, THE''' (Seagad na Traige). Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.  The melody is the vehicle for the song "Siege of Troy," printed in '''Crosby's Irish Musical Repository: A Choice Selection of Esteemed Irish (pp. 95-96):
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+''I sing of a war set on foot for a toy,''<br>
+''And of Paris, and Helen, and Hector and Troy;''<br>
+''Where on women, kings, gen'rals, and cobblers, you stumble,''<br>
+''And of mortals and gods meet a very strange jumble.''<br>
+''Sing diderot, burbero, oh my joy,''<br>
+''How sweetly did one another destroy!''<br>
+''Come fill up your bumpers, the whisky enjoy,''<br>
+''May we ne'er see the like of the siege of Troy.''<br>
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-<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 14, p. 3.
+<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Crosby ('''Crosby's Irish Musical Repository'''), pp. 95-96. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 14, p. 3.
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