X:1
T:Lullaby for Irish Pipes
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:James Whiteside manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
Q:"Andantino"(
K:Gdor
3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G2 G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|A2 d2 e2|f3 e (3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|
G2 G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|A3 G A2|D4 (3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G2 G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|
A2 d2 e2|f3 e fg|a3 g fa|g3 f de|f3 d (3dcA|G4||G/2F/2G/2A/2|B4 AG|
A3 G A2|D4 E2|F4 GA|B4 AG|A4 (3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4 G/2F/2G/2A/2|!
B4 AG|A4 (3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4 fg|a3 g fa|g3 f de|f3 d (3dcA|c4 fg|!
a3 g fa|g3 f de|f3 d d/2c/2A/2G/2|F4 GA|B4 AG|A4 (3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4||
LULLABY FOR IRISH PIPES. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Neill (1922) says of his source: "James Whiteside, the 'Bard of Bray', County Wicklow, was a genius-scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O'Neill's] Irish Minstrels and Musicians." Arthur Darley & Patrick McCall also printed several tunes from the Whiteside mss. James Whiteside
Additional notes Source for notated version : - the Whiteside manuscript [O'Neill]. See note for "My Charmer from Clare" for more on Whiteside.
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
