Banks of the Suir (2)

X:1 T:Banks of the Suir [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 802. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G>A | B2e2 dc | B2G2 AG | E2D2 GA | B2e2 dc | B2G2 A>G | G4 :| GA | B2d2 ef | g2e2 ag | f2d2 de/f/ | g2f2 e>d | B2e2e2 | e4 de/f/ | G2 ef ge | d2B2 GF | E2D2 GA | Be d2c2 | B2G2 G{B}A | G4 ||



BANKS OF THE SUIR [2]. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor (G Major?). Standard tuning. AB (Ó Canainn, O'Neill, Roche): AAB (Stanford/Petrie). Flute player Kevin Crawford says the tune is linked to the Deise region of County Waterford. An early 78 RPM recording of the air was made by flute player and uilleann piper Nelius O'Cronin, who founded the Cork Volunteer Pipe Band. O'Cronin, who died in 1930, also played with piper Leo Rowsome in the All Ireland Trio, along with Seamus O Mathuna on fiddle. Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 35, pg. 34. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 517, pg. 90. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. I, pg. 10, #12. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 802 & 803, pg. 200. Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford - "In Good Company" (2001). Parlophone E3615, Nelius O'Cronin (78 RPM). X:2 T:Banks of the Suir [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 803. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G Mixolydian (GA) | B2e2^d2 | e3 B3A | G2E2 GA | B2e2 (DB) | A2.G2.G2 | G4 :| e4 (3efg | g3 a ge | d2B2A2 | B2E2 (GA) | B2e2 dB | A2.G2.G2 | G4 ||
 * GB | d2 Bd.e.f | {f/}g2f2e2 | e2d2 (gf) | (edcBAG) | A2B2^d2 |

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