Annotation:Lough Sheeling (2)

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X:1 T:Lough Sheeling [2] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Slow” B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B^d|e2 ef ge|d2B2 (3GAB|c2c2 BA|B4 B^d| e2 ef ge|d2B2 eG|A3G E^D|E4 BA| G2 GABG|{B}A2G2 GA/B/|c2c2 BA|B4 B^d| e2 ef ge|d2B2 GA/B/|A3G E^D|E4||



LOUGH SHEELING [2] (Loc Saileann). AKA and see "Adieu My Loved Harp," "Come rest in this bosom," "Bridget O'Malley." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Holden): AB (Clinton, Haverty, O'Neill). This air is an old harp melody used by Thomas Moore for his song "Come Rest in this Bosom." Francis O'Neill, writing in Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (1910, p. 132), remarks that the air is a variant of "O Aranmore Loved Aranmore," and P.W. Joyce prints a variant as the air of the song "Molly Bawn (1)."

Hardiman links the song with "Bridget O'Malley," which he attributes to O'Carolan, but the association is not yet substantiated.


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Printed sources : - Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 30, p. 15. William Forde (300 National Melodies of the British Isles), c. 1841; p. 4, No. 11. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3), 1859; No. 210, p. 101. Smollet Holden (Collection of favourite Irish Airs), London, c. 1841; p. 9. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 333, p. 58.






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