I Once had a True Love

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 Theme code Index    653 135
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    B
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    3/8
 History    
 Structure    One part, AB
 Editor/Compiler    John Clinton
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 77, p. 39
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1841
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:I Once had a true Love M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”With feeling” B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 77, p. 39) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B|{a}(gf).d|(Bd).f|(e2d)|{d}(c2B)|.B2.b|({a}(gf).d| (Bd).f|(fe).d|(Bd).f|(fe).d|{d}(c2B)|.B2.B| (B>cB)|(Bd).f|(g>a).b|{a}(g2f)|.f2.B| (B>cB)|(Bd).f|(g>a).b|{a}(b2f)|.b2b| {a}(gf).d|(B{cBAB}d).f|(fe).d|(d/c/=B/c/e/>d/)|!fermata!B2||


X:1 T:I once had a true love M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Moderately Quick” N:”A tune of the Glen of Ishmail, County Wicklow.” B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|BAF|DFA |GAF|E2D|D2||D|DED|DFA|Bcd|B2A A2|| A|DED|DFA|Bcd|B2A|d2||d|BAF DFA|GAF|E2D D2||


X:1 T:I once had a True-love T:Through grief and through hunger M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Andante" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 237, p. 115) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F [Af]|{e}(dcA)|(FAc)|(B2A)|{A}(G2F)|[A,2F2]f|({e}(dcA)| (FAc)|(cBA)|{A}G2F|[A,2F2]||F|(F>GF)|(FAc)|(d>ef| {e}d2)c|c2F|(F>GF)|(FAc)|d>ef|{e}[F2d2]c|[A2f2]!D.C.!||