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, No. 60) 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:| P:"Humming" precedes "What a Beauty I did Grow" 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: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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