Annotation:Harp that Once (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS, THE. AKA and see "Gradh Mo Croidhe," "Gramachree," "Molly Asthore," "Will You Go to Flanders," "Little Molly O!" Irish, Air; English, March; Scottish, Guaracha Waltz. D Major (Roche): G Major (Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Kerr): AB (Roche). An air used (under another title) as a British march during the (American) Revolutionary War period, and later a famous song (under the above title) set to the old air by Thomas Moore in 1807.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 311, p. 34. Roche Collection of Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1, 1912; No. 28, p. 15.
Recorded sources: