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T:Dear Irish Maid, The
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R:Air
B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 45, p. 17)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript
N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that
N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been
N:introduced in the latter 19th century.
S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it
S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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DE|{E}F2{E}F2 ED|E2A2 GE|D2 DF ED|D2C2 DE|{E}F2{E}F2 ED|
E2A2 GE|D2 DF EC|D4 d/c/A/G/|{E}F2{E}F2 ED|E2A2 GE|
D2 DF ED|D2C2 DE|{E}F2 G2 AG|A2 dc AG|{E}F2 DF EC|D4||
AG|A2d2 de|d2A2B2|c2A2 FA|G2E2D2|A2d2 de |d2A2G2|
A2d2 ce|d4 de|f2e2d2|c2 dc AG|{E}F2 DF ED|
D2C2 DE|{E}F2G2 AG|A2 dc AG|{E}F2 DF EC|D4||
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T:Dear Irish Boy [2], The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Slow with cxpression”
S:”By Daniel J. Kelleher.”
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 3)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901. According
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection.
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(GA)|B2 B2 (AG)|A2d2 (cA)|G2 GBAF|(GF) D2 (GA)|
B2B2 (AG)|A2 (dc) A/G/F/G/|A2G2 (GA)|G4:|
(dc)|d2g2 ga|g2d2 e2|f2 d2 (Bd)|c2A2F2|
G2g2 (ga)|g2d2c2|d2g2 (fa)|g4 (ga)|
b2a2g2|f2d2 (dc)|B2 BdcA|(GF)D2 (GA)|
B2c2d2|(dg) f2 (dc)|A2 G2 (FA)|G4||
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T:Dear Irish Boy [2], The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Slow and tenderly"
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 73
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
D>E | F3 F ED | A2 G3 {A/G/}E | D2 D2 ED | D2 C2 DE | F2 E3 {F/E/}D |
E2 A2 A>G | F2D2E2 | D4 DE | F3 F E{F/E/}D | A2 G3 {A/G/}E |
D2 D2 ED | D2 C2 DE | F3 G A/B/^c | d4 A>G | F3 D E<A |D4 ||
A^c | d2 A2 A2 | d2 A2 AG | F2 D2 E{F/E/}D | D2 C2 AG | A2 d2 de |
f2 e2 dc | A2 d2 {f}e2 | d4 de | f2e2d2 | d2 A2 AG |
F2 D2 E<D | D2 C2 DE | F3 G A/B/^c | d4 A>G | F3 D E<A | D4 ||
