Brown Thorn (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	336 1H1H6
Also known as	Droignean Donn (An), Draonán Donn (An), Drynaun Dhun (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	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 32, p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BROWN THORN [2], THE (An Droignean Donn). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major (Roche): D Major (Ó Canainn, O'Neill): E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Ó Canainn, O'Neill, Roche): AAB (Stanford/Petrie). The song can be found in John O'Daly's (1800-1878) Poets and Poetry of Munster, in a similar setting to O'Neill's. Two versions of the song appear in Amhrain Mhuighe Seola (1927), collected by Mrs. Costello, "both collected in Mayo but one, in fact, a Galway version" (Ó Canainn). Ó Canainn (1978) remarks that it is interesting that the song was alive in the tradition one hundred years after Bunting collected the same song in the same area (see "Brown Thorn (1) (The)" for Bunting's setting). Stanford claims his version of the air is "correctly set."

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; p. 21. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 32, p. 6. Roche Collection, 1912, vol. 1; No. 10, p. 9. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 451.

X:1
T:The Brown Thorn [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:"Slow"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 32
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
DE | F>E FABc | d3c BA/F/ | E4 D2 | {E}D2 z2 AB/c/ | d2 d>e fd | 
{f}e2 d>c BA | F>A B3c | B>A A2 AB/c/ | d2 d>e fd | {f}e2 d>c BA | 
FA Bd c/d/e/f/ | d2 z2 A,>B, | D>E F>E FA | Bc d>c BA/F/ | E4 D2 | D4 ||