Annotation:Tá mé i n-éagmais ach íocfadh mé fós
X:1 T:Tá mé i n-éagmais ach íocfadh mé fós T:I’m in debt but I’ll pay them yet M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, p. 103) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A ccc cBA GEA/B/|ccc dBG A2A|ccc dBA GEC|DEF GEG A2|| A|GEE FED CB,A,|CDE EFG A2A|GEE FED CB,A,|ccc dBG A3||
TÁ MÉ I n-ÉAGMAIS ACH Í OCFADH MÉ FÓS (I'm in debt but I'll pay them yet). AKA and see "Dissipated Youth (2), "Moll Roe (3)," "Taim in Arrears," "Monks of the Screw (The)." Irish, Air (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. No words have been found for this song-air. The alternate titles are variants of this melody, save for the "Dissipated Youth," which is the name Bunting affixed to the piece in his MS. He had previously printed a tune called "Dissipated Youth" in his 1796 collection but there is no connection between this melody and his earlier one.
