Banks of the Suir (2)

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Theme code Index	365 312
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 802, pg. 200
Year of publication/Date of MS	1905
Artist	Biography:Nelius O'Cronin
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Parlophone E3615
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BANKS OF THE SUIR [2]. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor (G Major?). Standard tuning. AB (Ó Canainn, O'Neill, Roche); AAB (Stanford/Petrie). Flute player Kevin Crawford says the tune is linked to the Deise region of County Waterford. An early 78 RPM recording of the air was made by flute player and uilleann piper Nelius O'Cronin, who founded the Cork Volunteer Pipe Band. O'Cronin, who died in 1930, also played with piper Leo Rowsome in the All Ireland Trio, along with Seamus O Mathuna on fiddle.

Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 35, pg. 34. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 517, pg. 90. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. I, pg. 10, #12. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 802 & 803, pg. 200.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford - "In Good Company" (2001). Parlophone E3615, Nelius O'Cronin (78 RPM).

X:1
T:Banks of the Suir [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 802.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G>A | B2e2 dc | B2G2 AG | E2D2 GA | B2e2 dc | B2G2 A>G | G4 :|
GA | B2d2 ef | g2e2 ag | f2d2 de/f/ | g2f2 e>d | B2e2e2 | e4 de/f/ | 
G2 ef ge | d2B2 GF | E2D2 GA | Be d2c2 | B2G2 G{B}A | G4 ||

X:2
T:Banks of the Suir [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 803.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G Mixolydian
(GA) | B2e2^d2 | e3 B3A | G2E2 GA | B2e2 (DB) | A2.G2.G2 | G4 :|
|:GB | d2 Bd.e.f | {f/}g2f2e2 | e2d2 (gf) | (edcBAG) | A2B2^d2 | 
e4 (3efg | g3 a ge | d2B2A2 | B2E2 (GA) | B2e2 dB | A2.G2.G2 | G4 ||