When the King came o'er the water

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 Theme code Index    1H1H1H3bH 773b4
 Also known as    Boyne Water (1), King William's March, When the King came o'er the Boyne Waters, Cavalcade of the Boyne
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 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    William McGibbon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Scots Tunes Book 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 40
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1746
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 Score   (1)   




X:2 T:When the King came o’er the Water M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:”Slow” S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, p. 40 (c. 1746) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin "Slow"d3cd2f2 | c>dcA F2(GA) | B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD2 :| |: G2 | F2(f>g)f3g | (f>gf)d c3f | d2(ga)Tg3a | g>agf d3f | (cd)(fg) {f/g/}a2 g>a |f2 (F>G)A2 (GF) |B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD4 :|]


X:1 T:When the King came o’er the water M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 133) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin "Slow"d3c {c}d2f2|Tc2A2 F2 (GA)|B2 (AG) d2 TcA|TG4{F}D4:| |:F2 f>g f3g|f>gfd c3f|d2 g>a g>ab>a|Tg4 {f}d4| (cd)(fg) {ga}a2 g>a|f2 F>G TA2 (GF)|B2 (AG) d2 TcA|G4 {F}D4:| |:d2 (f/d/)c d2 (f/d/)c|(d/c/)A (c/A/)G F2 GA|(BA)(BG) fdTcA|G4 {F}D4:| |:F2 (f/g/a/)g/ f3g|a(g/f/) g(f/e/) c>d fc|(dc)(df) g2 f>g|a(g/a/) Tfe d3f| (cd)(fg) a(g/f/) ga|f2 F>G A2 T(GF)|(GA) (fe) d2 f/(d/c/A/)|TG4{F}D4:|]


X:1 T:When the King came o’er the (Boyne) water M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin z|d3c d2f2|c>dcA F2 GA|{A}B2 (AG) (d2 c)A|G3F D3:| |:G|F2f2f3g|f>gfd c3f|d2g2 g3a|(b>a)(gf) ~d3f| (cd) (fg) {fg}a2 g>a|f2 (FG) (BA) (GF)|B2 AG (d2 c)A|G3F D3:|]


X:1 T:When the King Comes Over the Water M:C L:1/8 S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 89. Carolan ms. 1, No. 274. K:Amin d2 e>d d2 ((3e^fg)|(d>e)(dB) A2 AB|c2 BA d2 (dB)|A4 G3B:| G2g2g2 zg|(g>a)(ge) d2 zg|e2a2a2 zb|c’bag eg2g| d>e g>a {ga}b2 a>b|g4 (GA)(cB)|c2 (BA) e2 (cB)|A4G E2A z|]