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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page 9

Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page 9
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Irish Folk Song Society
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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society
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1
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16Iris h Songs in the Beggars Opera.By ALICE C. BUNTENIN Vol. IV. of the Irish Folksong Journal Mr. Wm. H. Grattan Flood gives a list ofthe Irish folk-songs that were Sung in the Beggars Op8 in 1727, and it may be ofsome interest to trace the origin of these airs a little further, though their first appear.ance is probably lost in antiquity.We wish Mr. Grattan Flood thought nt to give us the original page of music onwhich these Irish airs were first printed, as such questions naturally ariseWho wrote them?Who printed them?Where is an original to be found?Are any of them in Bunting or Petrie?Did Burke Thumoth print any of them in his collection of Irish tunes, 1720?Have they been much changed?How does Mr. Grattan Flood know that they were originally Irish tunes?Some of them are to be found in early English printed music as follows, andperhaps readers of the Journal will be able to produce an Irish early copy.He mentions the air, Cold and Raw, which is No. III. in the Beggars Opera,and says that it is to be found in the FitzWjllj m Virginal Book as The Irish HoHoane; but it seems on comparing them that there isa great deal of difference betweenthe two tunes.We will first read it off in the Beggars Opera as follows:A I f 1 rr j r r IrLrIl{ r r ir rr rii r r r r 1 r r r ir rr fl I i& i .i .r .r ii 1 i- I - r i r .111 Li i 1 f 1 L XJLJ JT it - rWe fail to see the likeness that Mr. Grattan Flood mentions between Cold and Rawand The Irish Ho bane in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; and the words ofLilliburlero do not fit very well either, but perhaps he has found a copy to which wehave not access. I, : , . . L 1L.r p - (. - .r t J I J ? .r J440 . r iLS& - 4. I , 4 JIA.-I -d 1 r [ I ? jTi/J J ) J lt .j .) .- c, & 4 A 1 u 4. /d&4 4,The VIII. air in the Beggars Opera is Grim, King of Ghosts, which hasquite a plaintive strain. This is a very old air, and copies in black-letter of the balladmay be found in the Pepys and Roxburghe collections.It is sometimes called The Lunatick Lover: or, The Young Mans Call to Grim,King of the Ghosts, for Cure,17From Playfords Dancinij Master.4r
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5
page Number
9
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1967-01-01T00:00:00
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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 1, Issue 5

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