Groves of Blarney (The)

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X:1 T:Groves of Blarney, The T:Last Rose, The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Lento” B:William Forde – 300 National Melodies of the British Isles (c. 1841, p. 4, No. 10) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/300-national-melodies-of-the-british-isles.-vol.-3-100.-irish-airs N:William Forde (c.1795–1850) was a musician, music collector and scholar from County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F F>>G|A2f2 d>>c|c2-A2 F>>G|A2 B>A {A}G>>F|F4 F>>G| A2f2 d>>c|c2-A2 F>>G|A2 B>>A {A}G>>F|F4||(c>A)| f2f2 e {e}d>>c|(c2A2) (c>A)|f2 f>ed^c|d>~e !fermata!f2 F>G| A2f2 d>>c|c2A2 F>>G|A2 B>A {A}G>>F|F4||

X:1 T:Groves of Blarney M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Adagio" B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 27, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb (B>c)|(d2b) {a}(g>f)|(fd3) B>c|(d2 e>d) {d}(c>B)|B4 (B>c)| d2-(b>a) {a}(g>f)|(fd3) (B>c)|d2- {f}(e>d) {d}(c>B)|B4|| {f>d)|(b3a) {a}(g>f)|(fd3) (f>d)|(b3a) {a}(g>^f)|(g>a) !fermata!b2 {abc'bag} {^fgag=fe} {d_efedc} (B>c)| d2 {ed^cd} (b>a) {a}(g>f)|(fd3) (B>c)|d2- ({g}(e>d) {d}(c>B)|{ABc}B4||

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