Such a beauty I did grow

 X:1 T:What a Beauty I did Grow M:C| L:1/8 R:Air? B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, Nos. 60 & 103) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 452) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|dAAG F2 ED|DEFG A3A|Addd d2 dd|efge f2 fd| e3d dcBA|dcdB A2 FD|G2B2E2c2|d6 z:|FD G2B2E2c2|e4z2|| P:"Humming" precedes "What a Beauty I did Grow" No. 60 in the ms. but is not numbered as a separate tune. M:3/4 L:1/8 BB (G/A/)(B/G/) A2 |cc (A/B/)(c/A/) B2|dd (B/c/)(d/B/) e2|AA (A/B/)(^c/A/) d2| dd (d/e/)(d/c/) B2|cc (c/d/c/B/) Ac|BB B/c/B/A/ G2|AA A/B/A/G/ F!fermata!D|| G/A/G/A/ BB G2|A/B/A/B/ cc A2|B/c/B/c/ d/e/d/c/ B/c/e/c/|B2A2G2||  X:1 T:Such a Beauty I did Grow M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Edward Riley – “Riley’s Flute Melodies vol. 3” (1820, No. 160, p. 47) F: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=277ff190-2ae4-013a-5cb8-0242ac110003 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|dA AG|GFED|DEFG|A2 zA|Addd|dddd|efge|f2 ed| e2d2|dc BA|dc BA|BAGF|GAB2|a2c2|d4||  X:1 T:Such a beauty I did grow M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Elias Howe – Second Part of the Musician’s Companion (1843, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|cGGF|FEDC|CDEF|G2zG|Gccc|cccc|defd| e2 c>c|dcBA|G2zA|GAGF|E2 G2|A2B2|c2 z|| 

 

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