| TYPE | 1 or 2 |
| TOPIC | Religious |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | 7 bars |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | not given |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
44
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| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | G |
| INCIPIT | GBD'GBBC'GGAEG |
| GENRE | Chant |
| TEXT SOURCE | John O'Daly, The Poets and Poetry of Munster: A Selection of Irish Songs (Dublin: O' Daly, 1850; 2nd ed.), |
| TUNE SOURCE | Joseph Cooper Walker, Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards (Dublin: Luke White, 1786), p.105 |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| Walker contends that this tune was derived from the playing of Irish bards who travelled to Britain for a competition in the twelfth century. He uses the tune to argue that Irish notation systems had been in existence for many centuries before his own publication. The tune was received by 'Mr Beauford' from a 'popish priest, who took it from a MS, perhaps a missal, which had been for many generations in one of the families of the Cavanaghs.' (p.105) |
