Annotation:Denis Don't be Threatening
Tune properties and standard notation
DENIS, DON'T BE THREATENING (Na Bi Ag Gagar A Doncad). AKA and see "A Dhonnchadh Na Bi Fogarthach," "The Fairies' Dwelling," "Nay, Tell Me Not Dear." Irish, Air (6/8 time) or Jig. D Major (O'Neill): B Flat Major (Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (Kerr). The melody, which is related to the jig "Is it the priest you want?," appears in the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1796 (No. 20, p. 10) and 1809 (p. 41) collections.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 241, p. 26. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 431, p. 75.
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