Bard of Armagh (The)

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Theme code Index	1H3H1H 2H5H5H
Also known as	Phelim Brady, Unfortuate Rake (3) (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/8
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 363, p. 63
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BARD OF ARMAGH. AKA and see "Phelim Brady." Irish, Air (3/8 time, "plaintive"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. The air can be found throughout Britain and Ireland, and is the same as that of "The Unfortuate Rake [3]," an 18th century lament which tells of a dying young man. "The Bard of Armagh" has been attributed to Thomas Campbell, written in 1801. Other songs set to the tune are, in Ireland, "The convict of Clonmel" and "When I was on horseback," and in America, "The Streets of Laredo" (see abc's, below), "The Cowboy's Lament" and "St. James Hospital" (in Sharp and Karpeles' English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians). English derivations of the song can be be found printed in broadsides from the mid-19th century, including "The unfortunate lad" and "The bad girl's lament." A Scottish version is "The Road to Dundee."

Oh, list to the lay of a poor Irish harper,
And scorn not the strains of his withered old hand,
Remember his fingers, they once could move sharper,
To raise up the mem'ry of his dear native land.

Source for notated version: Mary O'Neill [O'Neill].

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 363, pg. 63.

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