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to rest."

"The legend tells that with this tune the eagle whistles his young

"Ancient Irish Music", p. 53). The Cork MS. has this remark:

original form, inasmuch as this was the marching tune of O'Donovans (See my

whereas the setting I now give is in 2/4, which is no doubt the proper

others in the Stanford-Petrie Collection. These three are in 3/4 time:

I gave a setting of this in my "Ancient Irish Music": and there are two

years previously from an old MS. book in Cork.

me by Surgeon-Major-General King of Dublin (about 1885), who copied them 40

I copied the following 11 airs (to "Drimin Donn Dilis") from a MS. book lent

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X:2495
T:The Eagle's Whistle
O:ireland
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
H:I copied the following 11 airs (to "Drimin Donn Dilis") from a MS. book lent
H:me by Surgeon-Major-General King of Dublin (about 1885), who copied them 40
H:years previously from an old MS. book in Cork.
H:
H:I gave a setting of this in my "Ancient Irish Music": and there are two
H:others in the Stanford-Petrie Collection.  These three are in 3/4 time:
H:whereas the setting I now give is in 2/4, which is no doubt the proper
H:original form, inasmuch as this was the marching tune of O'Donovans (See my
H:"Ancient Irish Music", p. 53).  The Cork MS. has this remark:
H:  "The legend tells that with this tune the eagle whistles his young
H:   to rest."
R:song air
A:Cork
M:2/4
K:G
L:1/16
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B2B2 dBAG|B2B2 dBAG|E2G2 G2G3A|E2GG G3:|d|
edef e2dB|dBdg d2BA|d2g2 dBAG|B2A2A2 BG|
edef e2dB|dBdg d2BA|B2ge  dBAG|E2 GG G3||

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