| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Satire |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A8 B8 |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 13v 6l |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
68
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| TONAL CENTRE | C |
| INCIPIT | GE♭E♭FE♭E♭GFGE♭CB♭, |
| GENRE | Ballad |
| TEXT SOURCE | John O'Daly, The Poets and Poetry of Munster (1849; 2nd ed.), pp.190-99 (160) |
| TUNE SOURCE | as above |
| FIRST LINE | Comaoin 'r frolic - chuir Artúr de bhailir |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| Although an earlier printing of the air can be found in the fourth volume of O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Union Pipes (1804-16), this is the first printing of both air and words in the same Irish publication. The song mocks a local fool who often sits out in the sun too long. |
