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Theme code Index
5L5L7bL7bL 15L11
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of
B
Accidental
1 flat
Mode
Mixolydian
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
Tune and/or Page number
No. 678, p. 170
Year of publication/Date of MS
1905
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ( )
X:1
T:It was an old Beggarman
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:"As sung in Donegal"
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 678
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
B | FGF F<FG | _ABA A2c | BAG FG=A | B2B B2c |
d2d def | fed c2 d/>e/ | f2f edc | B3 ||
"Chorus"
c2A | F>GF F2G | _A2A A2c | BAG FGA | B2c d2 B/c/ |
d2d d2f | e2d c2d/e/ | f2f edc | B3 B2 ||
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