Annotation:Galway's Lament

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GALWAY'S LAMENT. AKA and see "Miss Carmichael's Minuet" Scottish. "Miss Carmichael's Minuet" may be a development of "Galway's Lament." The opening phrases are similar, but thereafter the tunes diverge.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Margaret Sinkler manuscript, c. 1710; p. 10. David Young (Collection of Scotch Airs, vol. 2), c. 1740; no. 247; p. 287 (as "Galloway's Lament").

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