Annotation:I Do Not Incline
Tune properties and standard notation
I DO NOT INCLINE (Ni Mian Liom). Irish, Air or Double Jig. G Major (O'Neill): A Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Sullivan (1983) presumes the title to be the opening lines to a song but was not able to trace it.
Source for notated version: The Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained the tune from J. McCracken, Esq., Belfast, in 1810.
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 46. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 955, p. 177. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 179, p. 44. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 87, pp. 131-132.
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