Melancholy Martin Click on the tune title to see or modify Melancholy Martin's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Melancholy Martin Query the Archive
Theme code Index	127L 125
Also known as	Mártan Dubhach
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:George Petrie
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1855
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
%
T:Melancholy Martin
T:Mártan Dubhach
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air & Slip Jig
B:Petrie - Ancient Music of Ireland (1855)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:A
{EFG}A2A BcA GFE|A2A B2B e2z|A2A BcA GFE|
F2F G2E A2z:|:AGF EDC DE/F/G|A2E G2A B2z|
A2A BcA GFE|F2F G2E A2z:|]

X:1
%
T:Melancholy Martin
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 47, p. 19) 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
“Allegro”{EFG}A2A (Bc).A .G.F.E|A2A B2B e2z|A2A (Bc).A .G.F.E|
F2F (G2E) A2z||.A.G.F .E.D.C .D.E(.F/G/)|(A2E) G2A B2z|
A2A (Bc).A .G.F.E|F2 F(G2E)|[C2A2]z||

X:2
%
T:Melancholy Martin
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Levey - Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873, No. 66, p. 29)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:A
A2A BcA GFE|A2A B2B e3|A2A BcA GFE|
F2F G2E A3:||:AGF EDC DE/F/G|A2E G2A B3|
A2A BcA GFE|F2F G2E A3:|

X:3
%
T:Melancholy Martin
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp - Country Dance Tunes  (1909)
N:Sharp received the tune from the Petrie collections,
N:"...offered as accompaniments to the several Figures
N:of The Running Set in place of those which are ordinarily
N:played in Kentucky." 
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
{E/F/G/}A2A BcA GFE|A2A B2B e3|A2A BcA GFE|
F2F G2E A2z:||:AGF EDC DEF/G/|A2E G2A B3| 
A2A BcA GFE|F2F G3E A3:|]

Tune annotations