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X:1 T:The Cradle Will Rock and the Baby Will Fall M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Hugh O'Beirne, 1846, piper, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, via William Forde R:Air ("Nurse song") B:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (No. 601) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C c|BGB ccc|BGB c2 B/c/|dcc BGF|Gcc BGF| E2G FDC|Ccc BGF|E2G FDC|DCC C2||

CRADLE WILL ROCK AND THE BABY WILL FALL, THE. Irish, "Nurse Song" (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part.

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Source for notated version : - Hugh O'Beirne, professional piper^[1] Ballinamore, south County Leitrim, 1846, via County Cork collector William Forde (1795-1850) [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 601, p. 311.

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↑ P.W. Joyce concluded that O'Beirne had been a fiddler in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, p. 296). However, William Forde, the only collector who had direct contact with O'Beirne, wrote in a letter to John Windele of Cork, dated Sept. 21, 1846, that he had obtained over 150 airs from a piper, Huge Beirne. Forde was seeking to supplement his collection with music from Connaught and the north, and was glad to make the musician's acquaintance, staying on in Ballinamore longer than he originally planned. He also found O'Beirne in poor health in the time of Great Famine, writing "Stirabout and bad potatoes were working fatally on a sinking frame," and aided the piper by improving his diet ("but a mutton chop twice a day has changed Hugh's face wonderfully").

[1] P.W. Joyce concluded that O'Beirne had been a fiddler in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, p. 296). However, William Forde, the only collector who had direct contact with O'Beirne, wrote in a letter to John Windele of Cork, dated Sept. 21, 1846, that he had obtained over 150 airs from a piper, Huge Beirne. Forde was seeking to supplement his collection with music from Connaught and the north, and was glad to make the musician's acquaintance, staying on in Ballinamore longer than he originally planned. He also found O'Beirne in poor health in the time of Great Famine, writing "Stirabout and bad potatoes were working fatally on a sinking frame," and aided the piper by improving his diet ("but a mutton chop twice a day has changed Hugh's face wonderfully").

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