Annotation:Grave of Wolfe Tone (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
GRAVE OF WOLFE TONE, THE (Uaim Uolfe Tone). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "plaintive"). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title refers to the great Irish patriot and martyr Theobald Wolfe Tone (1763-1798) who was buried in Bodenstown, County Kildare, in the grave which had just received the body of his brother Matthew. The grave was unmarked until 1844, however, even when a stone was erected it was slowly dismembered by enthusiastic pilgrims, who sought relics as remembrances. A new slab was erected by the Wolfe Tone Band, but that also shows signs of similar treatment.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 456, p. 80.
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