Annotation:I see the moon

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 I SEE THE MOON. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Learned by Joyce as a child in Limerick. "On the first appearance of the new moon, a number of children linked hands and danced, keeping rime to the following verse— I see the moon, the moon sees me, God bless the moon and God bless me: There's grace in the cottage and grace in the hall; And the grace of God is over us all. . . . . (Joyce)   Source for notated version:   Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 118, p. 60.  Recorded sources:

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