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X:1 T:John Nugent of Colamber M:6/8 L:1/8 B: John Lee – “A Favourite Collection of the so much admired old B:Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan” B:(Dublin, 1780, p. 7) F:https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Favourite_Collection_of_old_Irish_Tune/QEMSNkpd_80C?hl=en&gbpv=1 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin V:1 d2e f2g|Tf2d cAF|Ggg gfg|a3 d3| fga dfd|fga AcA|G2G F2F|Tc3A3|| d2e fed|fga A2A|f2g a2b|c'3 b2a| gdg gdg|a2a A2A|cdc AFA|f3d3|| cAF cAF|=Bcd cAc|d2d efg|Te3c3| d/e/fe e/f/ge|d/e/fd cAc|AFA AFA| f3d3|| V:2 clef = bass D,2^C, D,3|D,3F,3|B,3G,3|D3D,3| D,3B,3|A,2F, F,3|B,2B, C2C,|F,3F,3|| D,3D,3|D,3 F,E,D,|A,2G, F,2G<|F,G,A, G,2F,| B,3G,3|F,G,A, F,E,D,|E,3A,3|D,3D,3|| F,3F,3|G,3A,3|B,2A,G,3|C3C,3| B,3C3|B,3A,2F,|A,3A,,3|D,3D,3||

JOHN NUGENT. AKA - "John Nugent of Colamber." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). According to Donal O'Sullivan (1958), the Nugent family was from Castle Nugent, Coolamber, County Westmeath, and was Catholic gentry. Although the youngest of four sons, John came into the family lands when his brothers were killed "in the Emperor's service" on the Continent. The song is Carolan's welcome to a lady come from abroad, and O'Sullivan (1958) concludes that this is Lady Margaret Plunkett, who married John Nugent in 1720. John died in 1749, outliving Margaret by more than a year.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Broderip & Wilkinson (A Favourite Collection of the so much Admired old Irish Tunes, the Original & Genuine Compositions of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard), London, c. 1804; No. 17, p. 7^[1]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 107, p. 80. John Lee (A Favourite Collection of the so much admired old Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan), Dublin, 1780; p. 7. Mulhollan (Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1804; p. 25. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 107, p. 158. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson (The Hibernian Muse), London, 1787; No. 1, p. 1.

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↑ This appears to be a plagiarized reissue of Lee’s or Mulhollan's volumes, without the names of tunes, only numbers.

[1] This appears to be a plagiarized reissue of Lee’s or Mulhollan's volumes, without the names of tunes, only numbers.

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