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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 2, Issue 8, Page 15

Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 2, Issue 8, Page 15
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Irish Folk Song Society
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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society
volume Number
2
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28gave me examples of songs indigenous to the district, in contrast to the Gaelic oneswhich I had got from the two Connaught teachers. These were, The Bonny IrishBoy, an emigration ditty, and The Breaking of Omagh Gaol, relating a Ribbonmans escape from incarceration.Returning to Ornagh ea route to Belfast, we arrived in the middlle of the greatannual May hiring market. There was only one ballad singer in the street; hisrepertoire included Father Tom ONeill, a local ballad, which I had already collected.An accordion player gave a selection of Irish airs, largely made up of Moores melodies,but I was glad to hear him finish with The Blackbird.Visiting the local schools, I was glad to see in the music room of the Loretto- Convent a harp among the instruments. My sister accompanied Rev. MonsigniorODoherty to the girls National School, and saw the Irish class under the direction ofa teacher trained at Ballingeary. The pupils also sang in Irish. On the whole a veryfavourable impression remains as to the survival of native music in Co. Tyrone.In the Irish-speaking districts a copious supply of traditional music is available,and the rising generation have every facility for acquiring and preserving the wonderfulmelodies that have come down from days of old. Distinct from the choral singing inschools, the pupils should be instructed in the simpler method of singing traditionalmelodies in unison, a ,nd to give variety, dividing into sets. Verses could be givenantiphonally, the whole company joIning in the refrain, or in the concluding verse.C. MiLLIG iq Fox.29HIrs 1ak n down In Co. Cyrone.jj1j.JlIJJ]J LJflRT)IJJ 1f}t fl JJ in p iJflJniJnflI7jjNo. 21.toA&i o..1Lpj.I1lIThese two Gaelic ballads were sung by Eamon Tracey and Anne Tracey, for meat Ornagh, Co. Tyrone. They spoke always Gadi to each other, and when one tired ofsinging the other took up the ballad. Th words will be published in a later journal, aswell as many other airs taken down by me from this wonderful couple. They alsosang a version of the Cruiscin Lan with chorus, and Jacobite songs in honour of RoyalCharlie. One of the most beautiful airs I took down reminded me somewhat ofKathleen Nowlan, and was entitled, A Mist in Harvest. For fuller account seethe article, entitled, Folk-Song in County Tyrone. C. M. Fox.No 20. _ * iS ff j/ Zct?XfrLL&4V
issue Number
8
page Number
15
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[Periodical]
issue Publication Date
1967-01-01T00:00:00
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Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, Volume 2, Issue 8

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