| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Napoleonic |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B12 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 8v 10l |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
C
|
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | A |
| INCIPIT | GF♯GEF♯GEF♯DB,C♯D |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | Pádraig Ua Duinnín, Amhráin Eoghain Ruaidh Uí Shuilleabháin pp.5-6 |
| TUNE SOURCE | Daniel Wright, Aria di Camera (London, c.1730), Central Library Dundee. Wighton Collection, 14b |
| FIRST LINE | Give ear, ye British hearts of gold |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| This is the only English-language poem by the celebrated Munster poet Gaelic Eoghan Rua Ó Suilleabháin (1748-1782). The title of the song has come to be associated with a tune known at first as 'The Princess Royal', supposedly written by O'Carolan around 1725. The tune 'Rodney's Glory', which emerges as a set dance in the late 19th century, is similar in character to its parent tune, but shows signs of change and evolution through its currency in the oral tradition. In presenting this song we have had difficulty in procuring the original publication of the words. We have thus transcribed both tune and text from a secondary source (Terry Moylan, The Age of Revolution in Irish Song). |
