Annotation:Lough Sheeling (2)

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LOUGH SHEELING [2] (Loc Saileann). AKA and see "Adieu My Loved Harp," "Come rest in this bosom," "Bridget O'Malley." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This air is an old harp melody used by Thomas Moore for his song "Come Rest in this Bosom." Francis O'Neill, writing in Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (1910, p. 132), remarks that the air is a variant of "O Arranmore Loved Arranmore," and P.W. Joyce prints a variant as the air of the song "Molly Bawn (1)."

Hardiman links the song with "Bridget O'Malley," which he attributes to O'Carolan, but the association is not yet substantiated.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 30, p. 15. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 210, p. 101. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 333, p. 58.

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