Annotation:Lady Laetitia Burke

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LADY LAETITIA BURKE. Irish, Planxty (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Recorded by the Belfast Northern Star of July 15th, 1792 (as "Lady Latitia"), as having been played by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 10, p. 30. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 10, p.

Recorded sources:

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