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'''REJECTED LOVER [2], THE''' (An Graduigteoir Treigre). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "very slow and plaintive"). G Major (O'Neill): E Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Beginning "In Innisfallen's Fairy Isle," the air was set by Stanford with words by A.P. Graves. | '''REJECTED LOVER [2], THE''' ("An Graduigteoir Treigre" or "An Graidlieair duilt each"). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "very slow and plaintive"). G Major (O'Neill): E Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Beginning "In Innisfallen's Fairy Isle," the air was set by Stanford with words by A.P. Graves. | ||
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''Her hair was like the beaten gold,''<br> | |||
''Or like the spider's spinning;''<br> | |||
''It was in her you might behold''<br> | |||
''My joys and woes beginning.''<br> | |||
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''Source for notated version'': the melody was noted by | ''Source for notated version'': the melody was noted by Belfast musician and collector Edward Bunting (1773–1843) in 1792 from Dr. William Stokes. | ||
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REJECTED LOVER [2], THE ("An Graduigteoir Treigre" or "An Graidlieair duilt each"). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "very slow and plaintive"). G Major (O'Neill): E Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Beginning "In Innisfallen's Fairy Isle," the air was set by Stanford with words by A.P. Graves. Words to the song begin:
Her hair was like the beaten gold,
Or like the spider's spinning;
It was in her you might behold
My joys and woes beginning.
Source for notated version: the melody was noted by Belfast musician and collector Edward Bunting (1773–1843) in 1792 from Dr. William Stokes.
Printed sources: Bunting (The Ancient Music of Ireland), 1792. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 313, p. 54. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 55, p. 85.
Recorded sources: