Annotation:Fáth Mo Bhuartha ('Sé)

Tune properties and standard notation

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FÁTH MO BHUARTHA ('SÉ) (The Cause for My Sorrow). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The Irish love song begins:

Sé fáth mo bhuartha nach bhfaighaim cead cuarta
Sa ngleanntán uaigneach ina mbíonn mo ghrá;
Bíonn mil ar luachair ann is im ar uachtar
Is i dtús an fhómhair a bhíonn na crainn faoi bhláth.
Níl gaoith aduaidh ann, níl sneachta buan ann;
Tá caladh is cuan ann ag loing 's ag bád;
'Tá tuilleadh bua ann, 's níl tuaras na Cruaiche ann,
An té a dhéanfá suas lena mhuirnín bán.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; p. 11.

Recorded sources:

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Tune properties and standard notation