Uaill-Chumhaidh na Feinne
(Tune: The White Cockade)
TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
TOPIC | Ossianic |
TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B8 |
VERSE STRUCTURE | 6v 4l + 4l ch |
TIME SIGNATURE | |
KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
TONAL CENTRE | G |
INCIPIT | GGB♭A♭GFE♭GFGA♭G |
GENRE | Ballad |
TEXT SOURCE | John O'Daly, The Poets and Poetry of Munster: A Selection of Irish Songs (Dublin: O' Daly, 1850; 2nd ed.), p.50 |
TUNE SOURCE | as above |
FIRST LINE | Mo mhíle truagh! Mo bhuairt! Mo bhrón! |
NOTATED INCIPIT | |
The tune is 'An Cnotadh Bán' (The White Cockade) a popular song tune in the eighteenth century. |