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Theme code Index	13b5 13b5
Also known as	O'Carolan's Welcome
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Donal O'Sullivan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper
Tune and/or Page number	No. 171, p. 197
Year of publication/Date of MS	1958
Artist	Biography:Chieftains (The)
Title of recording	Boil the Breakfast Early
Record label/Catalogue nr.	CBS 36401
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
T: O'Carolan's Welcome
R: waltz
Z: John Chambers <jc@ ecf-guest.mit.edu > http://eddie.mit.edu/~jc/music/
B: Ossian p.119 #171 (unnamed)
N: The chords are highly variable.
N: The G# in bar 24 is often played natural.
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Am
cB \
| "Am"A2 cd e2 | A2 cd e2 | "Dm"de dc BA | "Em"G/A/B G2 E2 \
| "Am"c3 B A2 | "Dm"d3 c B2 | "Em"ce E2 G2 | "Am"A4 cB ||
| "Am"A2 cd e2 | A2 cd e2 | "Dm"de dc BA | "Em"G/A/B G2 E2 \
| "C"g3 f e2 | "F"a3 g ed | "Em"ce dc Bc | "Am"A4 ||
|| e2 \
| "Am"e2 ab c'2 | e2 ab c'2 | "G7"c'b ag ab | "C"c'2 e2 e2 \
| "Dm"f2 af ed | "C"e2 ge dc | "E7"d2 e2 ^g2 | "Am"Ha6 ||
|| "F"ag eg a2 | "C"ge de g2 | ed cd ec | "G"d2 B2 G2 \
| "Am"c3 B A2 | "Dm"d3 c B2 | "Em"ce E2 G2 | "Am"A4 |]

X:2
T:O'Carolan's Welcome
M:3/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Tomas Embréus
K:BMin
|:"part A"dc|B2d>ef2|B2d>ef2|e>fedcB|d2A2A2|d3cB2|e3dc2|dfF2A2|B4:|
|:"part B"dc|B2d>ef2|B2d>ef2|e>fedcB|c2A2A2|a3gf2|b3afe|dfedcd|B4z2:|
|:"part C"f2b>c'd'2|f2b>c'd'2|d'<d'c'babc'|d'2f2f2|g2b/b/gfe|e2g/g/fed|e
2f2a2|b6|b/b/agab2|a/a/fefa2|f/f/edefd|e2c2A2|d3cB2|e3dc2|
1dfF2A2|B6:|2dfedcd|(B6|B2)z2z2|

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