| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Praise of the Bards |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A10 B20 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 3v 8l |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
34
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| KEY SIGNATURE | ♭♭♭ |
| TONAL CENTRE | E- |
| INCIPIT | GABG'A'B'A'G'F♯'E'D'G' |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | The Irish Penny Journal, 1.9 (August, 1840), p.66 |
| TUNE SOURCE | Edward Bunting, The Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1840), p.1 |
| FIRST LINE | Oh give me one strain |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| Samuel Lover wrote the words of this song in response to the first air in Bunting's 1840 collection. Bunting gives the English title 'Sit down under my protection' in the publication but uses the Irish-language title 'ShÃos air mo Dhiodionn' (or a variation thereof) in his notebooks. We have included the printed setting here as this was the version to which Lover responded, rather than the manuscript versions. |
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