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Theme code Index
1H1H55 1H1H22H
Also known as
Bannocks o' Barley Meal (1) , Barley Meal , Kenmure's Up and Awa' , Kenmure's Up and Awa' Willie , Kenmuir's On and Awa' , Kinnegad Slashers (The) , O! An Irishman's Heart , O! Merry am I , Molly Maloney , Old Brags (The) , Paddy Digging For 'Goold' , Powers of Whiskey , Slashers
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Musician's Omnibus No. 1
Tune and/or Page number
p. 44
Year of publication/Date of MS
1862
Artist
Biography:Joseph Samuels
Title of recording
Land of Sweet Erin
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Edison 4199 (Cylander)
Year recorded
1921
Media
Score
X:1
T:Land of Sweet Erin, or the Twin Sisters
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Howe - Musician's Omnibus No. 1 (1862, p. 44)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
G|cdc cGE|GAG GAB|cdc cGE|Ddd ded|
cdc cGE|GAG g2f|ede dBG|AcB c2:|
|:G|ceg gec|GBd dBG|ceg gec|egg g2G|
ceg gec|Bcd dgf|ede dBG|AcB c2:|]
X:1
T:Land of Sweet Erin
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/ | ded dAF | ABA ABc | ded dAF | Eee efe |
ded dAF | ABA a2g | fef dcB | ABc d2 :|
|: A | dfa afd | cde ecA | dfa afd | faa a2A |
dfa afd | cde efg | fed dcB | ABc d2 :|]
