Annotation:Swift from the covert

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X:1 T:Swift from the covert L:1/8 M:6/8 R:Air N:”With spirit” S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 112 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin D|DGG G^FG|AGA f2=e|fed dcA|AGA F2D| DGG G^FG|AGA fd^e|f2d cA^F|G3 G2|| d|g>dd g>dd|gd=e f3|Ff=e f_ed|cAG F2 G/F/| DGG G^FG|AGA fd=e|f2d cA^F|G3 G2||



SWIFT FROM THE COVERT (Cliste o'n g-coill). AKA and see "Jig (59)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with spirit"). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Paul de Grae finds a variant of "Swift from the covert" in The Dublin Magazine of January, 1841, from music editor Henry Hudson, who gave it the title "For the Violin" as it had no name [1]. The tune can be found as "Jig (59)" in the TTA.


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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 112, p. 20.






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  1. Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [1].