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| Theme code Index | 1213 5342 |
| Also known as | Dún Do Shúile |
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| Region | Ireland |
| Genre/Style | Irish |
| Meter/Rhythm | Air/Lament/Listening Piece |
| Key/Tonic of | G |
| Accidental | 1 sharp |
| Mode | Ionian (Major) |
| Time signature | 2/4 |
| History | Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property. |
| Structure | One part |
| Editor/Compiler | P.W. Joyce |
| Book/Manuscript title | Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs |
| Tune and/or Page number | No. 651, p. 329 |
| Year of publication/Date of MS | 1909 |
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CLOSE YOUR EYES (Dún Do Shúile). Irish, "Nurse Song" (Lullabye) {2/4 time}. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "This air...from Mrs. J.H. O'Brien, Cork" (Joyce), although Joyce found it in the Forde Collection.
Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 651, p. 329.
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