Bright Dawn of Day (The)

 BRIGHT DAWN OF DAY, THE (Fáinne Geal an Lae). AKA and see "The Dawning of the Day [1]." Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Major/Mixolydian (Stanford/Petrie): G Major (Shields/Goodman). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Stanford/Petrie): AB (Shields/Goodman). The tune is better-known by the English title "The Dawning of the Day" (see note for "Dawning of the Day" [1] for more). Sources for notated versions: "From Skull. (sculptor) P. MacDowell, Esq." [Stanford/Petrie]; vol. 1 of the James Goodman manuscript, 1861 [Shields]. Printed sources: Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 1, p. 5. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 390, p. 99.

X:1 T:Bright Dawn of Day, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 390 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F A/G/ | F>G AG/A/ | c/d/_e/c/ d2 | c/A/G/F/ G>F | FF F (3c/d/e/ | fd ec | d>c AG | A/G/A/c/ dd | d3 c/d/4e/4 | fd ec | d>c AG | A/G/A/c/ dd | d3 A/G/ | F>G AG/A/ | c/d/_e/c/ dc/A/ | c/A/G/F/ GF | F3 ||

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