Nelly Bhán
| TYPE | 3 - Complex Melody |
| TOPIC | Love |
| TUNE STRUCTURE | 12 bars |
| VERSE STRUCTURE | 2v 5l |
| TIME SIGNATURE | 34 |
| KEY SIGNATURE | ♯ |
| TONAL CENTRE | G |
| INCIPIT | GF♯EDDA,B,DEF♯GG |
| GENRE | Amhrán Mor |
| TEXT SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.6 (1796-1809) no.186 |
| TUNE SOURCE | Bunting Notebooks. Special Collections, QUB Library. MS 4.6 (1796-1809) no.185 |
| FIRST LINE | An thráith smaoiním anns a noidhche ort a lár mo shuain |
| NOTATED INCIPIT |
Nelly BánAn traith smaoimim anns a noidhche ort a lár mo shuainLíonra mo chroidhe le mine iona gruiadheA nelly bán na ruabhan, achuir na céuta fin an suainSé mo leun is mo chreach gg me is mo shearcAir taobh a leas a bhfad uainn. Ní sleibhte ceodh ná fraoich agus dob áras li go ghnoidheAr ard nalluighe bana gabhail danta ceoil is fionA rist a gabhail a luighe is leabaigh chughaidhe bimBheidhinn da teanna is da fasga le mo chraoidhe. Transcription by Edel Ní Churraoin.
Nelly bánWhen I think of you at night in the middle of my sleepMy heart fills with smoothness and loveFair Nelly, my sweetheart who put hundreds of men to peaceIt is my heartbreak and my destruction for me my loveThat the side of good/benefits is far from usIt is not misty mountains, or heather or/and a building stone of your business/affairsIn high marble halls. singing poetry, music or wineAgain and me going to sleep and my bed I am (I do be)I would compress and shelter her with my heart