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'''GLENSWILLY'''. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. There was a famous battle at Glenswilly, County Donegal on June 21, 1650, when the native Irish forces under Heber McMahon, the Bishop of Clogher, were defeated and routed by a Cromwellian army. | '''GLENSWILLY'''. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. There was a famous battle at Glenswilly, County Donegal on June 21, 1650, when the native Irish forces under Heber McMahon, the Bishop of Clogher, were defeated and routed by a Cromwellian army. The song was in the repertoire of singer Joe Heaney. It begins: | ||
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<br> | ''‘Twas on a summer’s morning by the dawning of the day''<br> | ||
''I left my peaceful residence to wander far away''<br> | |||
''And as I left, those lovely hills perhaps no more to see''<br> | |||
''I surely thought my heart would break when leaving Glenswilly.''<br> | |||
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Tune properties and standard notation
GLENSWILLY. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. There was a famous battle at Glenswilly, County Donegal on June 21, 1650, when the native Irish forces under Heber McMahon, the Bishop of Clogher, were defeated and routed by a Cromwellian army. The song was in the repertoire of singer Joe Heaney. It begins:
‘Twas on a summer’s morning by the dawning of the day
I left my peaceful residence to wander far away
And as I left, those lovely hills perhaps no more to see
I surely thought my heart would break when leaving Glenswilly.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 84, p. 73.
Recorded sources: