ABSTRACT
Song “How sweet in the stillness that saddens the eve” G a1 a2 bal a2 ca1 a2 aba ca Id6 See 251
5767 I SOUGHT AT EVE THE MOONLIGHT BOWER Air - Have you seen, or have you heard See 4574 18a “I sought at eve the moonlight bower”
5768 THE SAILOR’S RETURN Air - Moll Roone See 5343 ............................................................ 18b “Ere morning my bark will thy journey be o’er”
5769 OH! I HAVE MANY A THOUGHT Air - Orick’s fair Daughter 20
Song “Oh! I have many a thought, that I fain would make known” Ch4 a1 a2 || be 12 See 4919
5770 SWIFT FLY THE HOURS Air - Open the door softly See 3328 ................................................ 21 “Swift fly the hours when, in youth’s happy days”
5771 OH! STRIKE THE MAGIC HARP AGAIN Air - The brown maid See 3348 ..................... 22a “Oh! strike the magic harp again”
5772 GREEN INISMORE Air - The Leitrim County See 5098 ............................................................ 22b “How light is my heart as I journey along”
5773 AWAY, AWAY, IT CANNOT BE Air - The Munster dairy girl 24a
Song “Away, away, it cannot be that love will ever smile again” Ch4(p7) a b || c b 17
5774 GO WITH ME TO YONDER LAWN Air - Planxty Connor See 1995 ................................. 24b “Go with me to yonder lann”
5775 SINCE THOU LOVELY MAIDEN Air - Mac Farlane’s Lamentation See 4894 . . . . 26a “Since thou, lovely maiden, no longer wilt stay”
26b5776 AH! SHEELAH, THOU’RT MY DARLING Air - Nancy Vernon
5777 THERE WAS A TIME Air - Sally Nugent 28
Song “There was a time when peace and joy” Gh4 a1 a2 || b a3 20 See 4639
5778 O MINE BE A COTTAGE Air - The beardless boy See 2979 ................................................. 29 “O mine be a cottage within the vale”
5779 OH! OPEN THE DOOR Air - Open the door See 2215 ................................................. 30a “Oh! open the door, some pity to shew”
5780 AWAKE THE HARP’S SLUMBER Air - O save me from death See 4566 ..................... 30b
5781 PEGGY BAWN Air - Peggy Pawn See 4966 ......................................................................... 32 “Farewell, farewell, dear Erin’s isle”
Song “The silent moon that cheers the night” Cp4,7 a1 a2 be 12 cf. 4270
Song “Ah! Sheelah, thou’rt my darling” Ch7 a1 a2 |1 b c a2 (12a)5 cf. 5848
5782 AH! CHIDE ME NOT Air - The lonely branch 33
Song “Ah! chide me not, that o’er my cheek” Ch7 a1 a2 || ba1 ba2 11c
5783 HARMONY Air - The maid ofKillala 34a
5784 o h ! TELL ME WHAT SOUND Air - Paddy’s resource 34b
Song “Oh, tell me what sound is the sweetest to hear” C al a2 | | b c 12 See 1721
5785 IT IS NOT IN THY POWER, FAIR MAID Air - The fair woman See 3336 ..................... 36 “It is not in thy power, fair maid”
5786 SHEPHERDS, I HAVE LOST MY LOVE Air - Banks of Banna See 2214 ................................. 37
5787 SHEELAH IN SORROW Air - Phelim O Neale 38a
Song “Ah! Sheelah in sorrow! what is it, my dear?” Ch7 a‘ a2a 'b 10 See 2979Song “Ah! Sheelah in sorrow! what is it, my dear?” Ch7 a‘ a2a 'b 10 See 2979
5788 O WERE I AWAY Air - The sixpence See 4575 ......................................................... 38b “Oh! were I away in the wilds of yon glen”
5789 IN SUMMER, WHEN THE LEAVES WERE GREEN Air - The banks of the Shannon See 2155 . . . 40 “In summer, when the leaves were green”
5790 OH! WHERE HAS THE EXILE HIS HOME? Air - Alas! for poor Teddy MacShane 42a
Song “Oh! Where has the exile his home?” Ch7 a1 a2 || ba2 ba2 a || ba ba 5c6
5791 ONE NIGHT IN MY YOUTH Air - The lass that wears green 42b
Song “One night in my youth, as I rov’d with my merry pipe” Dh4(p7) a a || b a 20 See 2276
5792 OH! HUSH, MY DEAR BABY Air - The lady o f the desert See 3609 ................................. 44 “Oh! hush, my dear baby, I’ll kiss off that tear”
5793 THEIR GROVES o ’ SWEET MYRTLE Air - The humours of Glen See 2389 ........................ 45 “Their groves o’ sweet myrtle, let foreign lands reckon”
5794 THE BONNY BLUE FORGET-ME-NOT Air - The maid of Derby 46a
Song “Hear, comrades, hear your Chieftain’s voice” C a a || b a 20 See 6490*
5796 ON A GREEN BANK Air - Tell me dear Eveleen See 2986 ................................................. 48
5797 GO, EDMUND, JOIN THE MARTIAL THRONG Air - The little harvest rose See 3364 . . . . 49 “Go, Edmund, join the martial throng”
5798 WHEN SORROW LEFT HER NATIVE SPHERE Air - The brown thorn See 3314 ............ 50a “When sorrow left her native sphere”
5799 NATURE AND MELODY Air - Johnny MacGill 50b
5800 IT WAS A SUMMER EVENING Air - Sly Patrick See 5348 ................................................ 52a “It was a summer ev’ning, and like the present scene”
5801 THE MOON DIMMED HER BEAMS Air - Young Terrance Me Donough See 3380 ............ 52b “The moon dimm’d her beams in a feathery cloud”
Song “How bonnie is the glen in the greenwood Shaw” C a b | | c d 19 See 2604
5795 HEAR COMRADES HEAR! Air - The soldiers greeting 46b
Song “What sounds can compare with the joys we impart” A(h4) a1 a2 || b ca1 12a See 1486
5802 *TIS HARD TO FORGET Air - Daniel’s dream 54a
Song “’Tis hard to forget the first love that we knew” Ch7(p4) a b 1 cb 2 17
5803 WHEN THE BRIGHT SPARK OF FREEDOM Air - Black Joke 54b
Song “When the bright spark of freedom first glows in the mind” C See 589
a b c || d d e b c a1 || b a2 88
5804 SHE LEFT US WHEN SPRING-TIME Air - Groves of Blarney See 5338 ................................. 56a “She left us when Spring-time had painted the plain”
5805 THE MAID IN BEDLAM Air - Gramachree See 1818 ............................................................ 56b “One morning very early, one morning in the Spring”
5806 SWEET ISLE Air - O’Connor’s lament
Song or lament “Sweet isle, of thee I take a fond farewell”
58a
Ch7 a a || b a (3-bar phrases) 20
5807 THE COLD WINDS OF WINTER Air - New Langolee 58b
Song ‘The cold winds of winter howl’d bleak on the billow” C7v a a | | b c a 12a See 1816
5808 OH! HUSH THE SOFT SIGH Air - Coulin See 2207 ............................................................ 60a “Oh! hush the soft sigh, maid”
5809 O WHISTLE AND l ’LL COME TO YOU, MY LAD Air - Noble Sir Arthur See 2264 ............ 60b
5810 FAR, FAR FROM MY COUNTRY Air - Castle Tirowen See 5580 ................................. 62a “Far, far from my country, dear Erin from thee”
5811 FROM THE COURT TO THE COTTAGE Air - Thady, you gander “From the court to the cottage, convey me away”
See 5089 62b
5812 NO! NOT THE TRESS Air - Luggelaw See 5349 ............................................................. 64 “No! not the tress round the mild eye curling”
5813 STRANGER, WHENCE SOE’ER YOU COME Air - The brown Irish girl See 2080 ............ 65 “Stranger, whence so e’er you come”
5814 WHEN WAR WAS HEARD Air - The hermit ofKillamey See 3876 ................................. 66a “When was was heard, and Erin’s call arous’d me”
5815 ’TIS SWEET TO HEAR THE VOICE OF LOVE Air - The wren 66b
Song “’Tis sweet to hear the voice of love” C a b a 8 See 4908
5816 MY MARY, WHEN THE TWILIGHT STILL Air - The peacock 68
Song “My Mary, when the twilight still” Ah7 a' a2 || b a2 20 See 2526 JOIFMS 384 (Sweet Cootehill town)
5817 WEDDED LOVE Air - Camion's receipt 69
Song “We sought the green, the shady grove” C(h7) a ba || c d e (19b5) DOSC 161 See 960
5818 O ERIN, MY COUNTRY Air - St. Patrick’s day See 5097 ................................................. 70 “O Erin my country, forget for a while”
5819 O DO NOT THINK Air - Planxty Invine See 4882 .......................................................... 72 “O do not think, because a while I revel”
5820 HOW DEAR TO ME THE HOUR Air - The twisting of the rope See 4759 ..................... 73
5821 CONNEL Air - The girl I left behind me 74a
Song “No more shall Connel grace the hall” C a1 a2 || b a2 20 See 5244
74b
Song “There are moments of bliss in this dark world of ours”
5823 THERE’S GOWD IN THE BREAST Air - The red fox “There’s gowd in the breast of the primrose pale”
A(h4)
See 4765
b1 b2
5824 WHY WEEPS YON HIGHLAND MAID? Air - The dear black maid “Why weeps yon highland maid over the tartan plaid?”