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 Theme code Index    153b4 7bL7b7bL4
 Also known as    Plangsty Bourk
 Composer/Core Source    Turlough O'Carolan
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    6/8
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 Structure    ABC, AABBCC, AA'BB'CC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Samuel Ann & Peter Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Hibernian Muse; a Collection of Irish Airs including the Most Favourite Compositions of Carolan
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 100, p. 63
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1787
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X:1 T:Plangsty Bourk M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air C:Carolan B:Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson – The Hibernian Muse B:(London, 1787, No. 100, p. 63) N:”A Collection of the most Favorite Compositions N:of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor GA(B/c/) d2c|Bcd cAF|FAF fAF|FAF cAF| (G/A/B)G dBG|GBG gBG|f2f fga|f3d3:| |:f/g/|agf gfe|fed cde|fed gfe|fed cAF| (G/A/B)G dBG|GBG dBG|f2f fga|f3 d3:|] |:(d/e/f)f fg/f/e|f(g/f/e/d/) cAF|g2g ga/g/f|gde f2g| agf edc|(d/e/f)d cAF|{e}f2c (d/e/f)d|B3 G3:|]


X:1 T:Planxty Bourk M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 83) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 459) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F GAB/c/ d2c|Bcd cAE|FAF fAF|FAF cAF| GAB GdBG|GBG gBG|f2f fga|f3d3|| agf gfe |fed cde|fed gfe|fed cAF| G/A/BG dBG|GBG dBG|f2 f fga|f3d3|| d/e/ff fg/f/e|fg/f/ e cAF|g2g ga/g/f|gde f2g| agf edc|de/f/d cAF|{e}f2c de/f/d|B2A G3||


X:1 T:Planxty Burke C:Turlough Carolan B:Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper B:by Donal O'Sullivan Q:"Allegretto" Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Gdor GAB/c/ d2 c|Bcd cAF|FAF fAF|FAF cAF| G/A/BG dBG|GBG gBG|f2 f fga|1f3 d3:|2 f3 d2 f/g/|| agf gfe|fed cde|fed gfe|fed cAF| G/A/BG dBG|GBG dBG|f2 f fga|1f3 d2 f/g/:|2 f3 d3|| d/e/ff fg/f/e|fg/f/e/d/ cAF|g2 g ga/g/f|gde f2 g| agf edc|d/e/fd cAF|{d}f2 c d/e/fd|B3 G3:|]