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'''MOLLY ST. GEORGE.''' Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Bunting, Clinton, Haverty, Wright): AABB (Thompson): AABBCCDD. One of the supposed seven or eight hundred tunes composed by the ancient harper Thomas O'Connellan (c. 1640/164 –1698) (for whom see note for "[[Breach of Aughrim (The)]]"). "Molly St. George," along with "[[Molly MacAlpin]]" and "[[Eileen Aroon (1)]]" (by Cearbhall O'Dalaigh), comprise the three earliest Irish harp tunes with extant lyrics. | '''MOLLY ST. GEORGE.''' Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Bunting, Clinton, Haverty, Wright): AABB (Thompson): AABBCCDD. One of the supposed seven or eight hundred tunes composed by the ancient harper Thomas O'Connellan (c. 1640/164 –1698) (for whom see note for "[[Breach of Aughrim (The)]]"). "Molly St. George," along with "[[Molly MacAlpin]]" and "[[Eileen Aroon (1)]]" (by Cearbhall O'Dalaigh), comprise the three earliest Irish harp tunes with extant lyrics. | ||
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Hear the tune played on button accordion on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gErIb55ML2A]<br> | Hear the tune played on button accordion on youtube.com [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gErIb55ML2A]<br> | ||
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MOLLY ST. GEORGE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB (Bunting, Clinton, Haverty, Wright): AABB (Thompson): AABBCCDD. One of the supposed seven or eight hundred tunes composed by the ancient harper Thomas O'Connellan (c. 1640/164 –1698) (for whom see note for "Breach of Aughrim (The)"). "Molly St. George," along with "Molly MacAlpin" and "Eileen Aroon (1)" (by Cearbhall O'Dalaigh), comprise the three earliest Irish harp tunes with extant lyrics.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Bunting (Ancient Music of Ireland), 1796; No. 12, p. 7.
Clinton (Gems of Ireland), 1841; No. 107, p. 54.
P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 2), 1858; No. 169, p. 77.
Neal (A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes), 1724, p. 24 ([1]).
Samuel, Ann & Peter Thompson (The Hibernian Muse), London, 1787; No. 49, p. 30.
Thumoth (12 English and 12 Irish Airs), c. 1746; No. 3, pp. 30–31.
Daniel Wright (Aria di Camera), London, 1727; No. 46.
Recorded sources:
Randall Bays – "The Salmon's Leap."
See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on button accordion on youtube.com [2]