Annotation:Dawning of the Day (4) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
DAWNING OF THE DAY [4], THE (Fáinne Geal an Lae). Irish, Air or March (2/4 or 4/4 time). E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie): D Major (Cranitch, Tubridy): G Major (Ó Canainn). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Cranitch, Ó Canainn, Tubridy): AB (Stanford/Petrie). The melody is within the span of an octave. A variant is "Oh Johnny dearest Johnny, what dyed your hands and cloaths?"
Source for notated version: "From Kate Keane, Dec., 1854" [Stanford/Petrie].
Printed sources: Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 35. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 30, p. 31. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 694, p. 174. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 3.
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