Song of the Battle-Eve

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Theme code Index	1112 3b3b3b3b
Also known as	Battle Eve (The), Battle Eve of the Brigade, Contented I Am, Down in the Meadow, Thy Welcome O'Leary
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	One part
Editor/Compiler	Biography:P.M. Haverty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 226, p. 110
Year of publication/Date of MS	1859
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X:1 T:Song of the Battle-Eve M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Andante" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 226, p. 110) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin D2|(G3^F G2A2)|[D4B4]B3B|(AF3) F3F|[C4F4] ^F3F| D2G2G2A2|B4 A2G2|[B,4D4][B,4E4]|[B,6D6] f2|(f3d) B2d2| f4 =e2d2|[F3c3]cF2A2|c4 B3c|(d3B) (c3A)|D4 G3^F| [B,4G4] [E4A4]|[D4B4]B2c2|d3d c2B2|[B4f4]F3F|[D6B6]||

X:1 T:Battle Eve of the Brigade, The T:Contented I am M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air 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. 92. Carolan ms. 1, No. 283. K:G G|GAB B2 A/G/|BAA A2 G/A/|B<GE DG>A|BGG G2:| |:G|GBd d(c/B/)(A/G/)|GBd e2 d/B/|GB>d d(c/B/)(A/G/)|GBd !fermata!e2 ((3d/e/f/)| d>{gf}ed dcB|{GA}BAA A2 G/A/|{GA}BGE DGA|BGG G2:|

X:1 T:Battle Eve, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Animated" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 253 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin D2|G3^F G2A2|G4 B3B|A F3 F3F|F4 ^F3F| D2G2G2A2|B4 A2G2|D4 E4|D6 f2|f3d B2d2| f4 =e2d2|c3A F2A2|c4 B3c|d3B c3A|D4 G3^F| G4 A4|B4 B2c2|d3d c2B2|f4 F3F|B4||

Song of the Battle-Eve