Annotation:John Drury (2)

Back to John Drury (2)

JOHN DRURY [2]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). G Dorian (O'Sullivan): E Minor (S. Johnson). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (S. Johnson): AB (O'Sullivan). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Edward Bunting's (1773-1843) title for the tune was "Faulte goh Kingsland or Plangsty Kingsland." O'Sullivan (1958) finds the tune in the Forde manuscripts "John Drury" three separate times; as "Sorry to Part" (from Patrick Carey), "Caitín a Stór" (O'Farrell) and "Caitín mo Stór" (Deasy"). See note for "John Drury (1)" for O'Sullivan's notes on the subject of the title.

Source for notated version: harper Arthur O'Neill [1] c. 1737-1816) [Bunting].

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 43, p. 47. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 14. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 43. O'Sullivan/Bunting (The Bunting Collection of Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1927-39; p 39.

Recorded sources: