Annotation:Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded? (2)

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 '''HAS SORROW THY YOUNG DAYS SHADED? [2]'''. AKA and see "Farewell to the Cot on the Mountain." Irish, Air (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Sung with Moore's song of that name. I have already remarked that when the people took to the words of a song without being able to procure the proper air, they often sang it to some suitable old air familiar to them" (Joyce).  Source for notated version: Mr. J. Snowe, Cork [Joyce].  Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 665, p. 333.  Recorded sources:

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