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Theme code Index	6333 6322
Also known as	Garad-Eogan le Atrugad, Cary Owen, Garry Owen, Gary Owen, Geary Owen, Auld Bessy, Battle of Limerick, Bivouac of the Dead, Bosom that Beats, Daughters of Erin, Finnegan's Dream, Hurrah for the Women of Limerick, Let Bacchus' Sons Not be Dismayed, O! friendship will smile, Scotch Laddie (The), Walk of the Twopenny Postman, We May Roam Thro' This World.
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Irish, Military, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Repository Part 2
Tune and/or Page number	p. 30
Year of publication/Date of MS	1802
Artist	Biography:Joseph Samuels
Title of recording	St. Patrick's Day Medley
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Edison 50870 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1919
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
T:Cary Owen (sic)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow - 2nd Repository  (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
f|~fcB ~AGF|A>BA A2f|~fcB ~AGF|GAG G2f|
~fcB ~AGF|ABA A2d|c>de f2A|GAG G2:|
A/B/|(A/B/c)A ~c2A|c2A c2f|d2B d2B|d2B d2e|f2g {fg}a2g|f2d c2A|
cde f2A|GAG G2 A/B/|{AB}c2A {AB}c2A|{AB}c2A c2f|d2B d2B|
d2B d2e|f2g {fg}a2g|f2d c2A|cde f2A GAG G2||

X:3
T:Cory Owen (sic)
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th S:century)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:G
g/f/ | edc BAG | B>cB Bgf | edc BAG | [F>A>][GB][FA] [F2A2]g/f/ | 
edc BAG | B<cB B2d | def g2 [GB] |   [F>A>][GB][FA] [F2A2] :|
|: c | B/c/dB B/c/dB | B/c/dB d2g | c/d/ec c/d/ec | c/d/ec e2f |
g2a b2a | g2e edB | def [B2g2] [GB] | [F>A>][GB][FA] [F2A2] :||

X:1
T:Cary Owen (Irish)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:"Moderato"
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 87)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
dc|BAG FED|F>GF Fdc|BAG FED|E>FE Edc|
BAG FED|F>GF F2A|ABc d2F|E>FE E||
F/G/|{FG}A2F {FG}A2F|{FG}A2F A2d|{GA}B2G {GA}B2G|{GA}B2G B2c|
d2e f2e|d2B A2F|ABc d2F|E>FE E2||
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X:4
T:Cary Owen
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|edc BAG|BcB B2g|edc BAG|ABA A2g|
edc BAG|BcB B2e|def gdB|ABA A2:|
|:B/c/|(B/c/)dB d2B|d2B d2g|(c/d/e)c e2c|e2d e2f|
g2a b2a|g2e d2B|def gdB|ABA A2:|]

X:5
T:Garryowen
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:P.H. Hughes -- Gems from the Emerald Isle (London, c. 1860?, No. 35, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
b/a/|gfe d>cB|d>ed dba|gfe d>cB|c>dc cba|
gfe d>cB|d>ed d2f|fga bfd|c>dc c2||
d/e/|Tf2d f2d|f2d f2b|Tg2e g2e|g2e g2a|
b2c' d'2c'|bag Tgfd|fga b2d|c>dc c2||

X:6
T:Garryowen
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 1001
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g/f/|edc BAG|B>cB Bgf|edc BAG|ABA Agf|
edc BAG|B>cB B2 B/c/|def gdB|A>BA A2:|
|:B/c/|d2B d2B|dec dgf|e2c e2c|efd e2f|
g2a b2a|gfe edB|def gdB|A>BA A2:|
|:g|e/f/ge dBG|BGB Bgf|e/f/ge dBG|AFA Agf|
e/f/ge dBG|BGB BAB|def gdB|ABA A2:|
|:B/c/|dBg dBg|dBg d2g|ecg dcg|ecg e2f|
g2a b2a|gfe dcB|def gdB|ABA A2:|
|:B/c/|d2B g2B|b3 bag|f2g a2b|c'ba gfe|
d2B g2B|b3 bag|def gdB|ABA A2:|
|:c/B/|A2B c2c|B2c d2d|e/f/gd gbd|e/f/gd e2f|
g2d b2d|gfe dcB|def gdB|ABA A2:||

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