Annotation:Young Man's Dream (The)

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YOUNG MAN'S DREAM, THE (“Aisling an t-Og-Fir” or “Aislean an Oigfear”). AKA and see "When that mild eye is beaming," "As a beam o'er the face of the waters." Irish, "Very Slow" Air (3/4 time). G Major (Bunting, Haverty): D Major (Clinton). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in the Bunting Collection (1796), and is thought to be the original for the renowned “Danny Boy” (“Londonderry/Derry Air”).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bunting (A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland), 1796; No. 17, p. 10. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1), 1858; No. 168, p. 76. Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 69, p. 35. Alfred Moffat (The Minstrelsy of Ireland), 1898; p. 351. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 382, p. 67.

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