Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usneach

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Theme code Index	331 5L11
Also known as	Deirdre's Farewell to Scotland, Lamentation of Deirdre for the Sons of Usneach
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:O'Farrell
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Pocket Companion vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	p. 37
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1808
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Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usneach: Annotations

X:1 T:Deidre’s Lamentation for the Sons of Usnoth M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Very Slow” B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G GA|B3A GE|D>E G2 GA/B/|c3 c BG|AGEDEG|A4:| |:Bc|d2 ge dB|AG/E/ {E}D2 DE|G>AGE DE|G>ABG TA2|G4:|]

X: 2 T:The Lamentation of Dierdre for the Sons of Usnach T:Dierdre's Lament T:Neaill ghubh a Dheirde M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:96 C:Unknown S:The Ancient Music of Ireland, Edward Bunting 1840, pp. 83 ff R:Air O:Traditional A:Ireland B:Ancient Music of Ireland by Bunting 1840 H:A Very Old Air K:G (.G .D) (E3/4A/4) | (.G.G.G) | (.c .B)(A3/4G/4)| (.B .A)(B3/4A/4)|! (.c .B)(B3/4A/4)|.A (G3/4E/4) .G|(.G .G) G3/4B/4|(.A .A) G3/4E/4|! (.G.D) (E3/4A/4) | (.G.G.G)| (.c .B) A3/4G/4| (.B .A) (c3/4D/4)|! (.c.B) (B3/4c/4)|.c (A3/4E/4) .G| (.G .G) (G3/4B/4)|(.A .A) (G3/4E/4)||

X:1 T:Deirdre's Lament M:3/4 L:1/8 S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 1019 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GA|B3 AGE|DE G3 A/B/|c3 cBG|AGEDEG|A4 Bc|! d2 g>e dB|A/G/E D3 D/E/|G{B}AGE DE|GABG ~A2|G4||

Deirdre's Lament for the Sons of Usneach: Annotations