Poor Soldier (2)

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Theme code Index	35L5L1 6L6L21
Also known as	Deadly Wars (The), Distressed Soldier (The), Mill Oh (The), Poor but Honest Soldier
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:John Clare
Book/Manuscript title	Book:John Clare music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 251
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Poor Soldier (2): Annotations

X:1 T:Poor but Honest Soldier T:Poor Soldier [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 57) 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. 451) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d>e|f2 (AB) A2d2|BABd e2 d>e|{de}f2A2 gfed|B3c d2:| |:A|defg|a2 fa|bagf e2A2|defg a2d2|f2g2a2A2| defg a2 fa|bagf e2 de|{de}f2A2 gfed|B3c d2:|

Poor Soldier (2): Annotations