Annotation:Rising of the Sun (2) (The)
X:1 T:Rising of the Sun (2) (The) T:Codiad yr Haul M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:William Bingley – North Wales…delineated from two excursions, vol. 2 (1804) N:From a section entitles “Sixteen Admired Welsh Airs” (p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb [D3F3B3][C3F3A3]|[D3F3B3] z2 z|B>cB AGA|[D3F3B3] z2D| EGE DFD|CEC B,CD|EDC EDC|{DE}F2F B,2:| [D2F2B2][DFB] [F3A3c3]|d>cB def|[D3F3B3][F3A3c3]|Bfd [F2A2c2] z| [D2F2B2][DFB] [F2c2][Fc]|[F2B2d2] e/4d/4c/4/B4/ def|[D3F3B3] [F2A2c3][FAc]|Bfd c2z| d2 e/4d/4c/4B/4 c2 d/4c/4B/4G/4 FAc|fcA Ffe|d>ec Bde|fcA Ffe|dec [D3G3B3]||
RISING OF THE SUN [2], THE. AKA - "Codiad yr Haul." Welsh, Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was published in a volume by William Bingley called North Wales…delineated from two excursions, vol. 2 (1804), in a section entitled “Sixteen Admired Welsh Airs” (p. 12). Handel introduced the tune in one of his operas, and it was performed as a grand chorus at Drury Lane around the year 1815 in a production called Pitcairn Island.
