Och Ochone
| TYPE | 2 - Simple Melody |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | 8 bars |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v 4l + ch |
| TIME SIGNATURE | C |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♭ |
| TONAL CENTRE | F |
| INCIPIT | GFE♭FGB♭B♭C'B♭GGF |
| GENRE | Lament |
| TEXT SOURCE | P.W. Joyce, Ancient Irish Music (Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1873) pp.11-12 |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Fóil, fóil a dhuine, no air buile ataoi tu? |
| NOTATED INCIPIT | |
| Joyce states: 'I have known this air and heard it sung as long as I can remember. Of the Irish song I give one stanza which it is not necessary to translate; the whole song was a sort of lament (but not a death song), every stanza of which ended with the words "Och-ochone!"' (1909, p.11). | |
Och OchoneFóil, fóil a dhuine, no air buile atoi tu?Go de an fáth do chumann agus na faca ariamh thuIs cailín beag óg me do seóladh a'd lionsa;Mo bheannacht go buan duit, agus ná déan díth dhom.Och-ochón!