Arrah My Dear Eveleen

Tune annotations

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X:1
T:Tell Me Dear Eveleen
M:C
L:1/8
S:Light, A Select Collection of Scottish & Irish Airs, 1790
F:http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=73781
N:Fleischmann no. 2986
K:G
g2 g3/2g/ f2 f3/2f/|egfe ^dBz2|e2 e3/2e/ ^dBzB|e2 f3/2f/ g2zg|
a2 bg f2 gf|egfe ^dBz2|e2 e2 gfe^d|e2~f2 g4||
efga b2z2|c'2 ba b2 e2|e2 e2 c'3 b|{b/}a2 {a/}g2 f4|
{e/}b4 e3 g|fgfe ^d2 B2|e3 e gfe^d|e2 ~f2 g4|]

X:2
T:Arah My Dear Ev'leen
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Holden, A Collection of Old Established Irish Slow & Quick Tunes, c. 1805
F:http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=73781
N:Fleischmann no. 4521
K:C
c2 c3/2c/ B2 B2|AcBA ^G2 E2|A2 A2 A^GEE|A2 B2 c2 z2|
c2 ec B2 cB|AcBA A^GFE|A2 A2 A^GFE|A2 B2 c4| %or ...|AcBA A^G^FE|A2 A2 A^G^FE|...
|:ABcd e2 e2|f2 ed e2 A2|AA A2 f3 e|d2 c2 B4|
e4 A3 c|BcBA A^GFE|A2 AA cBA^G|A2 B2 c2z2:|] %or e4 a3 c|BcBA A^G^FE|...

X:1
T:Arrah, My dear Eveleen
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Mournfully”
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841, No. 72, p. 36)
H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
.g2 .g>.g {g}f2 .f>.f|(egf)e (^dB2)z|.e2 .e>.e (^dB) zB|(e2 f>)f {g}g2 zf|
g2 {agfg}b>g {g}(f2 gf)|(egfe) (^d B2)z|.e2 .e>.e (gfe^d)|e2Tf2 {ef}g2 z2|
(efga) b2 z.b|(c'2 b).a b2 z2|.e2 z2 (ec'3b)|{b}a2 {a}g2 .f2 z2|
(b3e) .e2 z.f|(egf).e (^dB) z2|e3 d (gf){f}(e^d)|(.e2.f2.g2) z2||

X:1
T:Arrah My Dear Eveleen!
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Tenderly”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 376
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
c2 c>c cBBB|AcBA ^G E2 z|A2 A>A ^G<E zE|A2 B>B c2 zB|
c2 ec cBcB|AcBA ^G E2 z|A2 A>A cBA^G|A2 B>B c2 z2||
ABcd e2 ze|f2 ed eA z2|A3A f3e|d2c2B2 z2|
e3A A2 zc|BcBA ^G E2 z|A3 A cBA^G|A2 B>B c2 z2||

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