Blow the Candle Out

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Theme code Index	33 6L1 32 11
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 330, p. 57
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BLOW THE CANDLE OUT. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie): G Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A widespread and very common folksong through Britain and Ireland.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 330, p. 57. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 634, p. 159.

X:1
T:Blow the Candle Out
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Moderate"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 330
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
d/c/|B>c BG|E>F GA|Bc {B}A>G|G3 G/A/|B>c BA|Be ef|ga f>e|(e2 e) G/A/|
B>c BA|Be ef|g>b (a/g/f/g/)|e>f ge|d>c B/A/G/F/|E>F GA|B>c B/A/G/F/|G3||