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Theme code Index	1H1H3H3H 1H1H55
Also known as	Sin Sios agus sios liom, Lie Up with Me and Lie Down with Me
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	4 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Donal O'Sullivan with Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number	No. 38, No. 38, p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1983
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T:Sin sios agus liom
T:Down Beside Me
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Merry Musician, 1716, 327
K:E
e4 g4|e4 B4|=d3d d2e2|c4 B4|
e2 e2 ef g2|B3c B2 G2|c3B c2 AG|F4 E4||
G3 F G2A2|B4 B4|c3B cd e2|d4 B4|
e4 G4 c4 F4|B3c B2 G2|F4 E4||

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T:Down Beside Me
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, No. 38, p. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
"Rather Slow"(e>f) (e/f/)(g/f/)|Te2 cz|.c.B.e.d|Tc2B B|
[Be](e/f/) (e/f/)(g/f/)|.e.B .B(A/G/)|.c.B.A.G|TF2Ez||
(G>F).G.A|(B>c).B.B|(c>d).e.d|Tc2 Bz|
Te2 (G>B)|c/B/A/G/ .F(G/A/)|.B(B/c/) .B(A/G/)|TF2 Ez|]

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T:Sios agus sios liom
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderato con energio”
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 96, p. 48)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
"Moderato con energio".c|.f3.g .f>.g.a>.g|(f4 c2) z.c|.d3 .c .d>.e.f>.e|{e}(d4 c3) .A|
(f3g) (fga).f|(dc) {c}(BA) !fermata!B2 (Ac)|(d2 f)z/.e/ (dcBA)|(G4 F2) zF|
(A3G A3) B|(c3d c)z (fe)|.d3.c .d>.e.f>.e|{e}(d4 c) z(de)|
.f2 (f2A3)-c|(dc){c}(BA) .G2 .A.B|(c2 f)z/e/ d>cd>B|(A2 {A}G>)F F2z||
“Larghetto melancolico”.A2.A2 (c3B)|.A2.A2 (c3B)|(A3 G/F/) T(G3F)|F4 F2||

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T:Down Beside Me
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 96, p. 39)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
"Rather Slow"(e>f) (e/f/g/e/)|Te2B z|.c.B.e.d|Tc2B z|e(e/f/) (e/f/g/f/)|.e.B .B(A/G/)|
.c.B.A.G|TF2E z||(G>F).G.A|(B>c).B.B|(c>d).e.d|Tc2 Bz|
Te2 (G>B)|c/B/A/G/ .F(G/A/)|.B(B/c/) .B(A/G/)|TF2Ez||

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