Conchubhar Mhac Coiréibhe

 CONCHUBHAR MHAC COIRÉIBHE (Conor Macareavy). AKA and see "Girls, have you seen George?" (A chilini, an bhfaca sibh Seoirse?," "Sgaruint na gCompanach" (The Parting of Friends). Irish, Air (4/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composition of the melody has been credited to Lyons, in 1700. The tune is also found, states O'Sullivan (1983), in Neals Celebrated Irish Tunes (c. 1726, p. 18) and Mulholland's Ancient Irish Airs (c. 1810, No. 36). One of O'Carolan's best poems, the elegy on the death of his wife, Mary Maguire, is said to have been set to this tune. Source for notated version: Bunting noted the tune from harper Denis Hempson at Magilligan in 1792. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 11, pp. 16-17.

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