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 Theme code Index    
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    IRELAND(Ulster)
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Patrick McGahon
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 8
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1817
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:When I was young M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 8) 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. 441) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G BAA A2G/A/|BGE E2E|D2D D2 G/A/|BGE E2F| G3 G2g|f2f fed|g2g bc'd'|gee efd|g3g3||