Máire
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Love |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A6 B6 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 4v 4l |
| TIME SIGNATURE | 34 |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | E |
| INCIPIT | GF♯EF♯EDB,EF♯EEB |
| GENRE | Amhrán Mór |
| TEXT SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.6 (1796-1809) no.181 |
| TUNE SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.6 (1796-1809) no.180 |
| FIRST LINE | Is Mhaire dhá léigfá mise annsa noidhche |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
MáireIs amháír dhá léigfá mise ansa noidhceLaímh leis a leabaigh a mbíonn tú do luigheThóigfeadh sé tuirse agus cian do mo chroidheIs a rígh mhóin na cruinne fóire orm féin. A luighe air mo leabaigh níl mé slánIs aig eirghidhe dhaun air maidin is measa ná sin táim Tiarnas na cruinne agus bíobh ann mo láimhIs duit a bheurfuinn é a mholly achuig mhíle grádhAn troith chómhnúideas mo mholly air a tasobh so don tírEirighidheamm a gheallach is dealraidheann an ghrianBíonn ceódh mealla doló agus do dhioidhce Anns gach taobh do na beallaighe a siúlann sí.Thug mé geann di an uair a bhí mé ógAgus a riabh níor arthuighe minntinn go foilBfhaghar liom mile ponta don ór go cclaordhfeadh si maighneadh líth nach mbeidhinn beogha
MáireA subject that I do read in the nightSide by the bed in which you do lieIt would take tiredness and content my heartAnd king of the world [?] upon meLying on my bed I am not safeAnd waking in the morning I am worse off againLord of the world my handI would give it to you Molly my loveThere is no one comparable to my Molly on this side of the countryThe moon rises and the sun goes downThere is an enticing fog during the day and at nightOn every side of the road which she walksI gave her my love when I was youngAnd I have never yet changed my mindI would leave a thousand pounds of goldThat if she