Annotation:Martyr's Lament (The)

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MARTYR'S LAMENT, THE (Caoine Na Mairtireac). AKA - "The Hanging Song." Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This Munster melody was alluded to as the "hanging song" according to O'Neill (1913).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1844, p. 346. O'Neill (Irish Music and Musicians), 1913; p. 118.

Recorded sources:

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