Prince's Welcome to the Isle of Sky (The)

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Theme code Index	5142 5142
Also known as	George Brabazon (2), Isle of Skye (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCCDD
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 126, p. 164
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
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Prince's Welcome to the Isle of Sky (The): Annotations


X:1
T:Prince’s welcome to the Isle of Sky, The   (Carolan)
M:C
L:1/8
N:”For the Violin”  (set in ‘G’ for the German flute in No. 127 p. 165)
N:The tune is Carolan's "George Brabazon [2]."
R:Country Dance 
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 126, p. 164)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
"Moderate"dB|A2D2 (GF)(ED)|A2D2 GFED|B2E2 E>FG>A|B2 E2 E>FG>B|
BAGF d2 cB|BAGF GFED|FEDB, A,>B,DE|F2D2D2:|
|:(de)|f2 df e2 ce|d2 Bd BAGF|G2E2 EFGA|B2E2 EFGg|
Fedf edBe|dBAd BAGF|GFED A,B,DE|F2D2D2:|
|:ag|f2d2 fgag|F2D2 FGAF|G2 E2 EFGA|B2 E2E2AG|
f2d2 fgag|f2d2 fgad|ABde faeg|f2d2d2:|
|:g2|fedf edBd|dBAd BAGF|BEeE EFGA|BEeE EFGg|
Fedf edBe|dBAd BAGF|GFED A,B,DE|F2D2D2:|]

Prince's Welcome to the Isle of Sky (The): Annotations