Annotation:Cainntearach (5)
X:1 T:Cainntearachd [5] M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Finlay Dunn & George Farquhar Graham – “Celtic Melodies, Being a B:Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and B:Cainntearachd, vol. 1” (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 63, p 36) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmix cdcB AF B2|AF F>F (EF) G2|fc{c}BA AF B2|AF F>F EC C2|| F<F F>F BG G2|AF F2 EC C2|F<F F>F BG G2|AF F2 EC C2||
CAINNTEARACHD [5]. Scottish, Vocal Reel (whole time). C Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See Cainntearachd for explanation of the form of this vocal music. Dunn and Graham print these words with the tune:
Mile mallach air an éug,
Thug e bh 'uam mo chailleach fhein,
H_uile rud gu'n d 'rinn i dh' fhéum,
'S éibhinn gu'n de shiubhail i.
The last line is repeated four times.
A thousand curses upon death,
That took from me my old wife;
For all the good she ever did,
It is pleasant she has left us.
