Annotation:Fáth Mo Bhuartha ('Sé)

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 FÁTH MO BHUARTHA ('SÉ) (The Cause for My Sorrow). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The Irish love song begins: Sé fáth mo bhuartha nach bhfaighaim cead cuarta Sa ngleanntán uaigneach ina mbíonn mo ghrá; Bíonn mil ar luachair ann is im ar uachtar Is i dtús an fhómhair a bhíonn na crainn faoi bhláth. Níl gaoith aduaidh ann, níl sneachta buan ann; Tá caladh is cuan ann ag loing 's ag bád; 'Tá tuilleadh bua ann, 's níl tuaras na Cruaiche ann, An té a dhéanfá suas lena mhuirnín bán.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; p. 11.  Recorded sources:

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