| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Drinking, Hedge School Song |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B8 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 4v 4l + 4l ch |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
68
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| KEY SIGNATURE | ♭ |
| TONAL CENTRE | F |
| INCIPIT | GGGGGGFFEFEG |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | George Petrie, The Petrie Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin: M. H. Gill, 1855), pp.130-1 |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | My name is O'Sullivan, a most eminent teacher |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| Petrie credits this drinking song to Eoghan Rua Ó Suilleabháin. He gives only the chorus in Gaelic, translating the verses into English. Several versions were transcribed in the twentieth century including: Eibhlin Bean Mhic Choisdealbha, Amhrain Mhuighe Seola (1923) and An Roinn Oideachais (Dublin: Dept of Education, 1976). There is no early printed version of the full text in Irish. |
