Annotation:Captivating Youth (The)
X:1 T:Captivating Youth, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:P.M. Haverty - One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 1 (New York, 1858, No. 2, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb (e/>f/e/d/ c)B|(e/>d/e/f/ g)G|e/>f/(e/d/ cB)|(c/>B/c/d/ e) z/[E/G/]| A(c/>A/) GB/>G/|(FG/B/ c)B|e/>(f/g/e/ ~c/>d/)e/c/|(B/G/F/>G/ E2)||
CAPTIVATING YOUTH, THE. Irish, Air. The air appears in Belfast collector Edward Bunting's (1773-1843) second collection, published in 1809. It is a variant of the air "Blossom of the Raspberry (The)", which Bunting first printed in his General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland (1796).