X:1
T:Dour a ling
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 35)
F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=38&z=-68.2086%2C1197.5465%2C9035.9705%2C3722.2222
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
e/d/|c2A AEA|c2A AEA|B2c ded|B2G GAB|
c2c d2d|efe efg|a2e e2d|c2A A2:|
|:e|aba efg|f2d ded|BcB g2d|B2G GAB|
c2c d2d|efe efg|a2e e2d|c2A A2:|]
DOUR A LING. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Dour a ling" was entered into Book 2 of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper, Canon wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). Researcher Lisa Shields finds an earlier appearance of the tune in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes vol. 1 (London, c. 1806, p. 24)
