Annotation:Silent O' Moyle
X:1 T:Silent Oh Moyle M:C L:1/8 B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 1” (New York, 1814, No. 253, p. 69) B: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/n83/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f2 f>f {f}e2 ee|d(fed) (^cA2)z|d2 dd (^cA) zA|d2 e>e {e}f2 ze| f2 af {f}e2 fe|.d(fed) (^cA2)z|d2 d>d fed^c|d2 e2 {e}f2 z2| defg a2 za|b2 ag ad z2|d2 zd b3a|g2 f2 e2 z2| a3d d2 zf|(ef) ed ^cA z2|d3d fe d^c|d2e2 {e}f2z2||
SILENT O' MOYLE. AKA and see "My Dear Eveleen." Irish, Air (whole time). C Major (Scanlon): F Major (Riley). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Silent O Moyle" is a song by Thomas Moore set to the air "My Dear Eveleen, printed in his Irish Melodies, No. ii with the title "Song of Fionnula". The words go:
Silent, oh Moyle, be the roar of thy water,
Break not, ye breezes, your chain of repose,
While, murmuring mournfully, Lir's lonely daughter
Tells to the night-star her tale of woes.
When shall the swan, her death-note singing,
Sleep, with wings in darkness furl'd?
When will heav'n, its sweet bell ringing,
Call my spirit from this stormy world?
Sadly, oh Moyle, to thy winter-wave weeping,
Fate bids me languish long ages away;
Yet still in her darkness doth Erin lie sleeping,
Still doth the pure light its dawning delay.
When will that day-star, mildly springing,
Warm our isle with peace and love?
When will heav'n, its sweet bell ringing,
Call my spirit to the fields above?
