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Theme code Index	355 551
Also known as	How oft has the benshee cried
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Edward Bunting
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ancient Irish Music
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1796
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:How oft has the benshee cried
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Larghetto”
B:Thomas Moore - Irish Melodies (1807)
N:From the 1897 edition, edited by Charles Villiers Stanford
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
z2z2zF|A2c2 dd|cc A/G/F zF|A2c2 c/d/_e|d>c A2 (c/d/=e)|
(f3g)f2|_e>e d2-(dc)|(A3 G) F2|G2 (G/F/D/C/) !fermata!C>!fermata!D|
F2 (FG) (AF)|G>F GA BG|(F>E) (FG)(AF)|BG AF GD|
F2 (FG) (AF)|A2c2 !fermata!(f>e)|(dc)(BA) (GF)|G3F F2:|]

X:1
T:Dear Black Maid, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow & with solemnity”
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 71, p. 36)
H:Irish-born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
.B|(d2f2) (f{a}g)|(f3d) .B2|(d2f2) (f/g/_a)|(g3f d2)|
(b2c'2b2)|(a3g) (gf)|(d3c).B2|(c3A).F2|
.B2 (B>c) (dB)|(c>B c).c(ec)|(B>A) (Bc).d.B|(ec)(dB)(cG)|
.B2 (BcdB)|d2f2 {gf=ef} !fermata!(b>a)|(gf)(ed)(cB)|(d3c) !fermata!B||

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