Why to you Miss Gray
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Love |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A7 B8 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v 8l |
| TIME SIGNATURE | 24 |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | E |
| INCIPIT | GF♯EDEGABC'BAG |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.12 (1796-1843) no.25 |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Why to you Miss Gray |
| NOTATED INCIPIT | |
| The melody of this tune is not precisely set into the given key signature. Some of the semi-quavers may have been intended as passing notes or ornamentation. Only one verse is given here. | |
Why to you Miss Gray?Why to you Miss GrayDoes very fancy love to strayWhere the fisher’s hook glides smoothoer the lakes gentle breast.Oh why to Larne’s sweet shoreWhich I may see no moreTurns my heart and all its sorrows for refuge and rest.