Annotation:King God Bless Him (The)
X:1 T:King God Bless him, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air N:c.f. Braham, The king! S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 169) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=172&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|ded fed|gBB Bcd|ABA/G/ Adf|e3 z2A| dcd fed|dcd efg|acd feG|1ABA/G/ ABc:|2 A3z2|| A|ABc def|ABc def|gag/f/ ged|dc2 ABc| dAA eAA|fed B2 c/d/|Adf age|e d3|| c/d/|eee fff|g3 agf/e/|fff ggg|a2 (a/b/)(a/g/)(f/e/)| dAA eAA|fed B2 c/d/|Adf age|d3 z2||
King, God Bless Him, The. AKA - "The King!" Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BC. The air was entered into the mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 169)[1] of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). Hugh and Lisa Shields note that it is a version of English tenor John Braham's (1774-1856) "The King!"[2]
