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Theme code Index	331 5L11
Also known as	Deirdre's Farewell to Scotland, Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usneach, Lamentation of Deirdre over the Sons of Usneach, Fada an la Gan Clann Uisneach (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Music
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1019, p. 259
Year of publication/Date of MS	1905
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T:Lamentation of Dierdre for the Sons of Usnachl, The
T:Dierdre's Lament
T:Neaill ghubh a Dheirde
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:96
C:Unknown
S:The Ancient Music of Ireland, Edward Bunting 1840, pp. 83 ff
R:Air
O:Traditional
A:Ireland
B:Ancient Music of Ireland by Bunting 1840
H:A Very Old Air
K:G
(.G .D) (E3/4A/4) | (.G.G.G) | (.c .B)(A3/4G/4)| (.B .A)(B3/4A/4)|!
(.c .B)(B3/4A/4)|.A (G3/4E/4) .G|(.G .G) G3/4B/4|(.A .A) G3/4E/4|!
(.G.D)  (E3/4A/4) | (.G.G.G)| (.c .B) A3/4G/4| (.B .A) (c3/4D/4)|!
(.c.B) (B3/4c/4)|.c (A3/4E/4) .G| (.G .G) (G3/4B/4)|(.A .A) (G3/4E/4)||

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T:Lamentation of Deirdre for the Sons of Usneach
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 200, p. 90)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
"Moderately Quick"(.G2.D2) (E>A)|(.G2.G2.G2)|(.c2.B2) (A>G)|(.B2.A2) (B>A)|
(.c2.B2) (B>A)|.A2 (G>E)|(.G2.G2) G>B|(.A2.A2) (G>E)||

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T:Lamentation of Deirdre for the Sons of Usnach, The
B:The Complete Collection of Irish Music as noted by
B:George Petrie, edited by Charles Villiers Stanford; no. 1019.
R:air
M:3/4
Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae
L:1/8
K:G
GA|B3 AGE|DE G3 A/B/|c3 cBG|AGEDEG|A2-A2 Bc|
d2 g>e dB|A/G/E D3 D/E/|G{B}AGE DE|GABG ~A2|G2-G2||

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