The Rambler from Clare
TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
TOPIC | 1798 |
TUNE STRUCTURE | abba |
VERSE STRUCTURE | 7v 4l |
TIME SIGNATURE | 34 |
TONAL CENTRE | C |
INCIPIT | GBD'F'E'D'BAGGGB |
GENRE | Ballad |
TEXT SOURCE | P.W. Joyce, Irish Peasant Songs (Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1922), pp.10-11 |
TUNE SOURCE | as above |
FIRST LINE | The first of my journeys is very well known |
NOTATED INCIPIT | |
Joyce states that this song is recorded from his memory as a young boy and that this is the first printing to his knowledge. |