Sleep on my Kathleen dear
X:1 T:Song of Sorrow, The T:Sleep on, my Kathleen dear M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Larghetto” B:William Forde – 300 National Melodies of the British Isles (c. 1841, p. 1, No. 2) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/300-national-melodies-of-the-british-isles.-vol.-3-100.-irish-airs N:William Forde (c.1795–1850) was a musician, music collector and N:scholar from County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|c3d cBAG|G2 Bd e2 g-e|dBAG E>DEG|G6z|| e|f3g fedB|d2 eg g3 e|f3g fege|dBAG E3e| f3g fe g2|G2 Bd e2 ge|dBAG E>DEG|G6z||
X:1 T:Sleep on, Sleep on, My Cathaleen Dear M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 158) B: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=163&z=891.9731%2C5350.5173%2C3488.002%2C1521.0237 N:Canon James Goodman (1828-1896) was a Church of Ireland clergyman, N:uilleann piper and a collector of Irish music and songs. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|cBcd cBAG|G2 Bd e2 g>e|d>BAG E<DEF|G6 z:| |:de|=fefg =fedB|d2 eg g2 de|=fege edge|dB c/B/A/G/ E2 Dd/e/| =fefg eg e/d/B/A/|G/E/G/A/ B/A/B/d/ e2 !fermata!g e|dB c/B/A/G/ EG|G6z z:|
X:1 T:Sleep On, My Kathleen Dear M:C L:1/8 Q:Slow B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 18, no. 97 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige N:A 2nd ending has been added at the end of part A to fit with the following N:anacrusis. The 1st note of the 3rd bar of part B has been modified (f natural instead of f#). K:G G2|c3d (cB)(AG)|G2(B/A/B/d/) {a}g{f}e|(d<B) (AG) (ED)(EG)|G4 z2D2| c2(cd) (cB)(AG)|G2(B/A/B/d/) e2(ge)|(d<B) (AG) (ED)(EG)|1 G4 z2:|2 G6 z|| |:e|(=f>e)(fg) (fe)(dB)|d2(eg) g3=f|"*"(=fe)(ge) (ed)(ge)| (dB) (c/B/A/G/) ED z e|(=f>e)(fg) e2g2|G2Bd e2 {a}g {f}e| [1d<B AG (ED)(EG)|G6 z:|[2(d<B) AG ({F}Ec/B/) c/B/A/G/|G6 z|]
