Black Haired Lass (1) (The)

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 Theme code Index    11 12 45 46L
 Also known as    Black Haired Girl (1) (The), Cailín ma Gruaige Duibhe, Dark Gate Girl (The), Dark Haired Lass (2) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Edward Bunting
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ancient Music of Ireland
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 31, p. 25
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1840
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<abc float="left"> X:1 T:The Black Haired Girl [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Moderate" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 509 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|G2 GE|G2 AB|c2 d/c/B/A/|c/B/A/G/ E/z/ z|G2 GE|G2 AB| c2 d/c/B/A/|(B2 B):||A|G>A Bc|d>d ef|g>f a/g/f/e/|d>B e/d/c/B/| c>A d/c/B/A/|G/D/E/F/ ~GG/B/|{B}A/G/A/B/ GG|(G2 G)||

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BLACK HAIRED GIRL/LASS [1], THE (Cailín Na Grúaige Duibhe). See also "The Dark Gate Girl," "The Dark Haired Lass [2]." Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major (O'Neill): E Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill): AABB (O'Sullivan/Bunting). O'Sullivan (1983) thinks that a song goes to this tune but found no words with this title in Bunting or elsewhere.

Source for notated version: according to the index of the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection, the melody was obtained from another collector, George Petrie, in 1822.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 509, p. 89. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 31, p. 49.

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