| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B8 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | unknown |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
68
|
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯♯ (actual |
| TONAL CENTRE | G |
| INCIPIT | GGGGBAGAAE'D' |
| GENRE | Ossianic Lay |
| TEXT SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.6 (1796-1809) none |
| TUNE SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.12 (1796-1843) no.106 |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| This tune was obtained by Bunting from Sir John Sinclair, sourced from Caithness in Scotland. Donal O'Sullivan (1983) notes that the published version (1840) differs rhythmically, but not melodically, from the version given here. |
