Annotation:Kate Kearney

KATE KEARNEY. AKA and see "When the cock crows it is day (3)," "Big Bow Wow," "Beardless Boy (The)," "Dissipated Youth (1) (The)," "Giolla na Scriob," "Seanbhean Chrion an Drantain," "Ta an Coileach ag Fogairt an Lae (2)." Irish, Air or Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (O'Neill): AABBCCDD (O'Farrell). The song "Kate Kearney" was written by Lady Morgan, however, the melody previously appeared as "Beardless Boy (The)" in Bunting (1796) and again in Bunting (1809) as "Dissipated Youth (1)(The)". Murphy's Irish Airs and Jigs gave the title as "Kate Martin." O'Farrell (c. 1810) set the tune in 6/8 time.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 132. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

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