| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | A4 B4 |
| TIME SIGNATURE |
64
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| TONAL CENTRE | C |
| INCIPIT | GGGGA♭A♭GFFFFG |
| TEXT SOURCE | Edward Walsh, Irish Popular Songs (Dublin: J. McGlashan, 1847), |
| TUNE SOURCE | William Ballet's Lute Book, Trinity College Dublin [p.85] |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
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| The oldest known Irish song tune. The title is a transliteration with several possible origins, of which 'Cailín ó Chois tSiúre mé' ('I am a girl from the Suir-side') is the most commonly cited. The song title is quoted in Shakespeare's Henry V (c.1599). The tune is reminiscent of a renaissance style, with simple step-wise movement and a clear resolution to the tonic. |
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