Annotation:Dear Black Cow (2)
Tune properties and standard notation
DEAR BLACK COW [2] (An Druim-Fionn Dub Dileas). AKA and see "Colly, My Cow," "The Peasant's Grief." Irish, "Very Slow" Air (3/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A close variation of Bunting's version of "Dear Black Cow (1)", which is evidently a song of lament for the death of an beloved animal.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 130, p. 23.
Recorded sources: