Annotation:Young Black Cow (The)

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YOUNG BLACK COW, THE AKA – "Druim fhionn dubh óg (A)," "Druim-fionn donn og," “Druim-fionn dub og.” AKA and see: “Drimmin Dhoun Oge." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Mixolydian (Roche): G Dorian (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Unrelated to the similarly titled "Dear Black Cow (1)/Dear Black Cow (2)" (Drimin dubh). See late 18th century uilleann piper O'Farrell's version as “Drimmin Dhoun Oge" (a phonetic rendering of the Irish Gaelic title).

Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804–1810) [O’Neill].

Printed sources: O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; no. 20. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 220, p. 38. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 16, p. 11.

Recorded sources: Dorian Discovery DIS-80139, Ensemble Galilei – "Following the Moon" (1995). Shearwater SWMCD004, Malcolm Bushby – "Islands" (2012). Woodworm Records, Dave Swarbrick & Simon Nicol – "In the Club" (1983).

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