Annotation:Sit Under My Protection

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X:1 T:Sit down under My Protection M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderately Quick" N:”Very ancient. Author and date unknown.” B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb (G>F)|(.E2.F2.G2)|(.e2.f2.g2)|.f2 (ed) (cB)| [B4e4] (e>d)|c2 (ec) (BG)| (B>c) (BA) (AG)|(G6|e4) [B2e2]|.c2 (ec) (BG)|(B>c) (BA) (GF)|(E6|e4):| |:(e>f)|[B2g2] (ge) (de)|[A2f2] (ed) (cB)|(Bcde) [A2f2]|g2 e3d| cd e3d|{d}(cB) {B}(AG) {G}FE|F6|F3 (B/A/) (G>F)|(.E2.F2.G2)| (.e2.f2.g2)|f2 (ed) (cB)|[B4e4] (e>d)|.c2 (ec) (BG)|(B>c) (BA) (G>F)| (G6|e4) [B2e2]|.c2 (ec) (BG)|(B>c) (BA) (G>F)|(E6|!fermata!e4):|

SIT (DOWN) UNDER MY PROTECTION ("Suide sios fa mo didean" or "Suidh sios fa mo dhidean"). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major (O'Neill's): D Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, originally a song air (whose words have been lost), was noted by the Irish collector Edward Bunting from harper Charles Byrne in 1799.

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Printed sources : - Bunting (Ancient Music of Ireland), 1840; p. 1. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 182, p. 32. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 1, p. 1.

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