Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms

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Theme code Index	111 135
Also known as	Irish Mad Song, My Lodging is on the Cold Cold Ground, My Lodging is in the Cold Cold Ground.
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Frank Roche
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 39, p. 11
Year of publication/Date of MS	1927
Artist	Biography:Billy Cooper, Biography:Walter & Daisy Bulwer
Title of recording	English Country Music
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic TSCD607
Year recorded	2000 (Originally recorded 1962)
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<abc float="left"> X: 1 T: All Those Endearing Young Charms I: All Those Endearing Young Charms W-7 G waltz I: My Lodging's on the Cold Ground W-7 G waltz C: W-7 M: 3/4 Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack R: waltz K: G BA| "G"G3 A G2| G2 B2 d2| "C"c2 e2 g2| g4 fe|\

   "G"d3 c B2| "D"A2 G2 A2| "G"B2 d2 B2| "D"A4 BA|
   "G"G3 A G2| G2 B2 d2| "C"c2 e2 g2| g4 fe|\
   "G"d2 g2 B2| "D"A3 G A2| "G"G6-| G4|]

\ dc| "G"B2 d2 g2| g4 d2| "C"e2 c2 g2| g4 fe|\

   "G"d3 c B2| "D"A2 G2 A2| "G"B2 d2 B2| "D"A4 BA|
   "G"G3 A G2| G2 B2 d2| "C"c2 e2 g2| g4 fe|\
   "G"d2 g2 B2| "D"A3 G A2| "G"G6-| G4|]

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BELIEVE ME IF ALL (THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS). AKA and see "Irish Mad Song," "My Lodging Is on the Cold, Cold Ground." Irish, English; Air (6/8 or 3/4 time). A Major (Roche): G Major (Hall & Stafford, Johnson). Standard tuning. AB (Johnson): ABC (Roche): AABB (Hall & Stafford). Thomas Moore's (1779-1852) sentimental favorite written for his young wife to reassure her of his devotion in the face of a ravaging illness (perhaps smallpox) which threatened her beauty. It appears arranged as a duet by editor W.J. Stafford in the Charlton Memorial Tune Book. Moore's song is predated by the version known as "My Lodging's on the Cold Cold Ground," printed on broadsides and song-sheets in the mid-18th century. An Irish version is Petrie's "Oh Shrive Me Father," while an American shape-note hymn, "Chariot of Mercy" (Hesperian Harp, Philadelphia, 1848), employs the air. See also the Scottish jig-time derivative "Greenholm" and "Gigue for Genny." W.H. Hay's 1869 American composition, "I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers," has some similar melodic material.

Hall & Stafford (Charleton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; p. 51. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; p. 12. Roche (Collection of Irish Traditional Music, vol. 3, 1927; p. 11, #39.

Recorded sources: Sampler 8910, Mitzi Collins & Roxanne Ziegler - "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning." Topic TSCD607, Billy Cooper, Walter & Daisy Bulwer - "English Country Music" (2000. Originally recorded 1962).

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