X:1
T:Song of Sorrow, The
T:Sleep on, my Kathleen dear
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Larghetto”
B:William Forde – 300 National Melodies of the British Isles (c. 1841, p. 1, No. 2)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/300-national-melodies-of-the-british-isles.-vol.-3-100.-irish-airs
N:William Forde (c.1795–1850) was a musician, music collector and scholar from County Cork
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|c3d cBAG|G2 Bd e2 g-e|dBAG E>DEG|G6z||
e|f3g fedB|d2 eg g3 e|f3g fege|dBAG E3e|
f3g fe g2|G2 Bd e2 ge|dBAG E>DEG|G6z||
X:1
T:Sleep On, My Kathleen Dear
M:C
L:1/8
Q:Slow
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 18, no. 97
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
N:A 2nd ending has been added at the end of part A to fit with the following
N:anacrusis. The 1st note of the 3rd bar of part B has been modified (f natural instead of f#).
K:G
G2|c3d (cB)(AG)|G2(B/A/B/d/) {a}g{f}e|(d<B) (AG) (ED)(EG)|G4 z2D2|
c2(cd) (cB)(AG)|G2(B/A/B/d/) e2(ge)|(d<B) (AG) (ED)(EG)|1 G4 z2:|2 G6 z||
|:e|(=f>e)(fg) (fe)(dB)|d2(eg) g3=f|"*"(=fe)(ge) (ed)(ge)|
(dB) (c/B/A/G/) ED z e|(=f>e)(fg) e2g2|G2Bd e2 {a}g {f}e|
[1d<B AG (ED)(EG)|G6 z:|[2(d<B) AG ({F}Ec/B/) c/B/A/G/|G6 z|]
