Annotation:Lady St. John
X: 21 T: Lady St. John B: A COLECTION of the most Celebrated Irish Tunes2 p.3a M: 3/4 L: 1/8 F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/CMCIT/allCMCIT.abc K: G (D/E/F) |\ G3 A GF | G2 D2 G2 | B3 c BA | B2 G2 d2 | e3 f ed e2 B2 (fg) | Te4 d2 | d4 (d/e/f) | g3 f e2 | d2 B2 d2 | A2 B2 G2 | d2 c2 B2 | TA3 B AB | E2 F2 G2 | TA4 G2 | G4 |] F2 |\ GF ED EF | E4 E2 | FE DB, DE | D4 D2 | ED B,A, G,A, | B,4 D2 | E2 G2 A2 | A4 G2 | Bc d2 G2 | B4 A2 | BA Bd ef | Te4 g2 | d2 cB AG | Bc d2 G2 | AB D2 GF | G4 |]
LADY ST. JOHN. Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), although Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertible evidence of its origin despite stylistic similarities to know Carolan compositions. Nor could O'Sullivan find reference to a 'Lady St. John' in Irish records.