When the King came o'er the water
X:2
T:When the King came o’er the Water
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, p. 40 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
"Slow"d3cd2f2 | c>dcA F2(GA) | B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD2 :|
|: G2 | F2(f>g)f3g | (f>gf)d c3f | d2(ga)Tg3a | g>agf d3f |
(cd)(fg) {f/g/}a2 g>a |f2 (F>G)A2 (GF) |B2(AG) d2T(cA) |TG3FD4 :|]
X:1
T:When the King came o’er the water
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, p. 133)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
"Slow"d3c {c}d2f2|Tc2A2 F2 (GA)|B2 (AG) d2 TcA|TG4{F}D4:|
|:F2 f>g f3g|f>gfd c3f|d2 g>a g>ab>a|Tg4 {f}d4|
(cd)(fg) {ga}a2 g>a|f2 F>G TA2 (GF)|B2 (AG) d2 TcA|G4 {F}D4:|
|:d2 (f/d/)c d2 (f/d/)c|(d/c/)A (c/A/)G F2 GA|(BA)(BG) fdTcA|G4 {F}D4:|
|:F2 (f/g/a/)g/ f3g|a(g/f/) g(f/e/) c>d fc|(dc)(df) g2 f>g|a(g/a/) Tfe d3f|
(cd)(fg) a(g/f/) ga|f2 F>G A2 T(GF)|(GA) (fe) d2 f/(d/c/A/)|TG4{F}D4:|]
X:1
T:When the King came o’er the (Boyne) water
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
z|d3c d2f2|c>dcA F2 GA|{A}B2 (AG) (d2 c)A|G3F D3:|
|:G|F2f2f3g|f>gfd c3f|d2g2 g3a|(b>a)(gf) ~d3f|
(cd) (fg) {fg}a2 g>a|f2 (FG) (BA) (GF)|B2 AG (d2 c)A|G3F D3:|]
X:1
T:When the King Comes Over the Water
M:C
L:1/8
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, p. 89. Carolan ms. 1, No. 274.
K:Amin
d2 e>d d2 ((3e^fg)|(d>e)(dB) A2 AB|c2 BA d2 (dB)|A4 G3B:|
G2g2g2 zg|(g>a)(ge) d2 zg|e2a2a2 zb|c’bag eg2g|
d>e g>a {ga}b2 a>b|g4 (GA)(cB)|c2 (BA) e2 (cB)|A4G E2A z|]