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O'REILLY'S LAMENTATION (Uaill-Cuma Ui Ragallaig). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major (O'Neill): F Major (Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was collected by Edward Bunting (1773-1843), educated as an organ and piano player in Belfast, and renowned as the first systematic collector of Irish folk music.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bunting (Ancient Music of Ireland arranged for the Pianoforte), 1840; No. 144, p. 106. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 272, p. 47.
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