| TYPE | 2 - Simple Melody |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B16 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | not given |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
68
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| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯♯♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | A |
| INCIPIT | GG,G,FFE♭E♭FE♭E♭D♭D♭ |
| GENRE | Ossianic Lay |
| TEXT SOURCE | Transcribed from the singing of John Doherty, recorded 1953 by Peter Kennedy. no.10 |
| TUNE SOURCE | Simon Fraser, The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (Edinburgh: Walker & Anderson, for the Author, 1816), |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| Although from a Scottish collection, this tune is likely to have been known in ireland. Edward Bunting also published tunes transcribed from Scottish singers to demonstrate this form of music. The poems were sung to musical accompaniments on the harp. |
