X:1
T:Seas are deep, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Mulhollan – Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes (Edinburgh, 1804, p. 7)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A|A^c d3e|fe d3e|fe d2 A>G|F>D D3:|
|:A|BBAGA^c|d^c d2 AF|DD F2 GF|DD D3:|]
SEAS ARE DEEP, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Minor (Petrie): D Dorian (Howe): D Minor (Mulhollan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Howe, Mulhollan). The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), thought Donal O’Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertible evidence of its origin [1].
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Howe (Musician’s Omnibus No. 3), 1865; p. 220. Henry Philerin Hudson (Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), c. 1840-50; No. 59 (untitled air). Mulhollan (Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 7. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 569, p. 144.
