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Also known as
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
6/8
History
Structure
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Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
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Score ( )
X:1
T:'Twas on the first of May, brave boys.
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 388
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | D2G G2G | G2F D2D | (DB)B Bc d | c3 z2A | B2B B2G |
A2F D2F | G2F D2D | (D3 D2) || D | D2d d2d | d2e =f2d | c2c (cB)A |
B3 z2c | d2d d2c | B2G B2c | d2G G2A | d3 || c2B | A2D D2E | (FE)F D2D |
D2G A2B | c3A2A | d2d dc B | c2B (AB) c | d2G FG A | G3 G2 ||