SULLEN BOY, THE (An giolla gruamach). Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sung as a nurse tune in Cork. This and the tune called Banalanna in my Ancient irish Music (p. 10) are variants of the same original melody: or one is a variant from the other. As it is set here, it forms a very beautiful lullaby" (Joyce).
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - John Windele, the distinguished Cork archaeologist (died 1865) {Joyce}.
Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 684, pp. 341-342.
