Poor Soldier (2)
X: 1
T:Poor Soldier [2]. JC.251
T:Deadly Wars, aka JC.251
R:Air
S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864)
N:cf Just as the Tide was Flowing.
O:England
A:Northamptonshire
Z:vmp.P. Headford
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:2/4=60
K:G
GA|\
B2D2D2GF|EDEGA2GA|B2D2cBAG|E3FG2:|!
|:D2|GABcd2d2|edcBA2D2|GABc dedc|B3cd2D2|!
GABcd2d2|edcBA2GA|B2D2cBAG|E3FG2:|
X:1
T:Poor but Honest Soldier
T:Poor Soldier [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 57)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 451)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>e|f2 (AB) A2d2|BABd e2 d>e|{de}f2A2 gfed|B3c d2:|
|:A|defg|a2 fa|bagf e2A2|defg a2d2|f2g2a2A2|
defg a2 fa|bagf e2 de|{de}f2A2 gfed|B3c d2:|