Limerick's Lamentation

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Bunting's Arrangement 1809

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Air One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major D-sharp 3/4 Has source text No chords explore more...

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X:12
T:Limerick's Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Bunting's Arrangement 1809
R:Air
K:Eb
"Adagio"E>F|G2 B<G F<E|F2 E2 E>F|G2 B<G F<E|F4 E>F|
G<E A<F G<E|C>B, C2 E>F|G2 E2 E>F|E4:|
E>F|G2 B2 B>c|B2 AG F>G|E2 e2 e>f|e4 E>F|
G2 B2 Bc|B2 AG F>G|E2 e2 e>f|e4 Bc|
d>c d>e f>d|c>B c>d e>c|B>c eG FE|F4 EF|
G<E A<F G<E|C>B, C2 E>F|G2 E2 E2|E4||
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% As far back as 1676, this melody was referred to as
% "The Irish Tune". Earliest printed setting with title of
% Limerick's Lamentation was Daniel Wright's collection
% published about 1730. Compare this setting with that
% published by McCullough (tune #13).

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