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Theme code Index
1H1H55 1H1H22H
Also known as
Bannocks o' Barley Meal (1) , Barley Meal , Kenmure's Up and Awa' , Kenmure's Up and Awa' Willie , Kenmuir's On and Awa' , Kinnegad Slashers (The) , O! An Irishman's Heart , O! Merry am I , Molly Maloney , Old Brags (The) , Paddy Digging For 'Goold' , Powers of Whiskey , Slashers
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:G. Graupner
Book/Manuscript title
Book:A Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions arranged for the piano forte
Tune and/or Page number
No. 9, p. 4
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1808
Artist
Biography:Joseph Samuels
Title of recording
Land of Sweet Erin
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Edison 4199 (Cylander)
Year recorded
1921
Media
Score (1 )
X:1
T:Land of Sweet Erin, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Graupner - A Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions (Boston, c. 1808, No. 9)
B: https://www.loc.gov/resource/musm1a1.10079.0/?sp=4&r=0.004,0.461,1.231,0.705,0
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
(3G/A/B/|cdc cGE|GAG GAB|cdc cGE|Ddd d2e|
cdc cGE|GAG Ggf|{f}ede cAG|Acc c2:|
|:G|ceg gec|Bdf fdB|ceg gec|egg ~g2G|
deg gec|Bcd def|{f}ede cAG|Acc c2:|]
X:1
T:Land of Sweet Erin, or the Twin Sisters
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Howe - Musician's Omnibus No. 1 (1862, p. 44)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
G|cdc cGE|GAG GAB|cdc cGE|Ddd ded|
cdc cGE|GAG g2f|ede dBG|AcB c2:|
|:G|ceg gec|GBd dBG|ceg gec|egg g2G|
ceg gec|Bcd dgf|ede dBG|AcB c2:|]
X:1
T:Land of Sweet Erin
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/ | ded dAF | ABA ABc | ded dAF | Eee efe |
ded dAF | ABA a2g | fef dcB | ABc d2 :|
|: A | dfa afd | cde ecA | dfa afd | faa a2A |
dfa afd | cde efg | fed dcB | ABc d2 :|]