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'''GREEN FIELDS OF EIRE, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Morning Star (1)]]." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. The tune | '''GREEN FIELDS OF EIRE, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Morning Star (1)]]." Irish, Reel (2/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune begins in E minor, then resolves to G major for the end of the first strain and stays in 'G' for the second strain. It is closely related to "[[Morning Star (1)" and "[[Belles of Omagh]]," and is perhaps related to "[[Green Fields of Erin (2)]]", more noticeably in the second strain. | ||
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''Source for notated version'': | ''Source for notated version'': "I got this tune from Domhnall mac Lachlainn, "An Tailliur Mor"(the Big Tailor) of Druim-lurga in Cill-mac-nEnain. It was whistledto him about forty years ago by Seumas o Domhnaill, an old fiddler ofCluain-cille in Tearmann (who could not play it on the fiddle); andAn Tailliur Mor whistled and played it to me. This tune is not well known in Cill-mac-nEnain" [Padraig Mac Aodh O'Neill]. | ||
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''Printed sources'': | ''Printed sources'': Padraig Mac Aodh O'Neill ('''Songs of Uladh'''), 1904; p. 19. | ||
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GREEN FIELDS OF EIRE, THE. AKA and see "Morning Star (1)." Irish, Reel (2/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune begins in E minor, then resolves to G major for the end of the first strain and stays in 'G' for the second strain. It is closely related to "[[Morning Star (1)" and "Belles of Omagh," and is perhaps related to "Green Fields of Erin (2)", more noticeably in the second strain.
Source for notated version: "I got this tune from Domhnall mac Lachlainn, "An Tailliur Mor"(the Big Tailor) of Druim-lurga in Cill-mac-nEnain. It was whistledto him about forty years ago by Seumas o Domhnaill, an old fiddler ofCluain-cille in Tearmann (who could not play it on the fiddle); andAn Tailliur Mor whistled and played it to me. This tune is not well known in Cill-mac-nEnain" [Padraig Mac Aodh O'Neill].
Printed sources: Padraig Mac Aodh O'Neill (Songs of Uladh), 1904; p. 19.
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