Piper in the Meadow Straying
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Bruce Olson finds what is probably the same tune as a duet called "A piper on the meadows straying" in the ballad opera Zorinski (1795) {music selected and composed by Dr. Samuel Arnold} and that the song with music was published the following year in Walker's Hibernian Magazine.
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Air One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major G 2/4 Has notes text No chords explore more...
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X: 1
T: Piper in the Meadow Straying
R: air
P: Set dance: 2x(A1A2)2x(BA1A2)A1A2BA2A2
B: O'Farrell "Collection of National Music for the Union Pipes" (c.1800).
B: O'Farrell "Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes" (c.1811).
B: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 131, pgs. 66-67.
D: Chieftains - "Bells of Dublin" (last tune of "The Wren! The Wren!" medley)
B: O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 70, pg. 43.
N: Bruce Olson finds what is probably the same tune as a duet called "A piper
N: on the meadows straying" in the ballad opera Zorinski (1795) {music selected
N: and composed by Dr. Samuel Arnold} and that the song with music was published
N: the following year in Walker's Hibernian Magazine.
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
D: Boys of the Lough ...
K: G
Bc \
|: d2{e}dc B2{c}BA | G2{F}GA B2G2 | ABcA GAFA |1 G2B2 B2A2 :|2 G2BA HG4 |]
|| A2{G}AB c2A2 | B2{G}Bc d3B | c2{G}cd e2c2 | d2{c}de f2{g}"da Capo"fe |]
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