Fair Maiden's Beauty Will Fade Away
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Love |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | abba |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 2v 4l |
| TIME SIGNATURE | C |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | E |
| INCIPIT | GEGF♯EDEF♯EEEG♯ |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | P.W. Joyce, Ancient Irish Music (Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1873) p.68 |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | My love she was born in the north counterie |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
