Annotation:Twas down in the meadows
X:1 T:'Twas down in the meadows M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:P.W. Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 421) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D DE|F2F2 FG|F2E2 F A|d2E2 EF|E4 DE|F2 GF E D| B,2A,2 D F|E2D2D2|D4||F A|B2 BA dB| A4 D E | F2 FE DF|E3 A G|F2D2G2|FE F2 (3ABc|d2d2 e2| d4 d B |A4 F E|D3 E FD|E4 F G |A4 F D |B3E (3EDC|D4||
TWAS DOWN IN THE MEADOWS. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "This is a song on the old and well worn theme of a young man returning disguised to his lover, and after an interview in which he proves her faithfulness, reveals himself and all is happy. I know nothing about the song farther than this that I learned it in my childhood from hearing it sung by members of my family. There were, of course, more verses; but those I give here are all that I can remember. As to the air: the first part is a version of the first part of 'Limerick's Lamentation' to which Moore has written his song 'When cold the earth': but the second part strays so widely from the corresponding part of Moore's air as to form, in fact, a different melody" (Joyce).
