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Thread #45577   Message #719628
Posted By: MMario
29-May-02 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: dolores keane's moll dubh
Subject: Tune Add:MALL DUBH AN GHLEANNA
the tune for Phillipa's post of 9:11 am the 26th (above)

X:1
T:MALL DUBH AN GHLEANNA
N:These lyrics are from the
N: book "Amhráin Hiúdaí Fheilimí agus Laoithe Fiannaíochta as Rann na Feirste", compiled by Pádraig Ó Baoighill and
N: Mánus Ó Baoill and published last year by Preas Uladh, Muineachán (Monaghan). Hiúdaí Fheilimí (Aodh) Mac
N: Grianna of Rann na Feirste, County Donegal, was a brother of the well-known authors Séamas and Seosamh and
N: the songwriter Seán Bán Mac Grianna. The book is a compilation of Hiúdaí's contributions to the Irish Folklore
N: Commission in the 1930s. Múnus Ó Baoill says he got the tune from another publication, "Amhráin Chúúige Uladh"
I:abc2nwc
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
z6zA,|(D3/2 E/2) F3/2 G/2 A2F|G3/2 A/2 B3/2 G/2 F3D|
D2E3/2 D/2 C3/2 C/2 D3/2 B,/2|A,2A,4A A|A2A3/2 F/2 G G2A|
d/2 (d B/2) A3/2 G/2 F2D3/2 D/2|D2E3/2 F/2 G2E2|D2D4d2|
d2c3/2 d/2 e2c3/2 c/2|A2c3/2 B/2 A2G3/2 G/2|F2E3/2 D/2 (D3/2 F/2) A (B/2 c/2)|
d4d2D2|D3/2 E/2 F3/2 G/2 A2(B c)|d/2 (d B/2) A3/2 G/2 F2D2|
D2E3/2 F/2 G/2 G3/2 E3/2 E/2|D2D4z2
w:Cé h é sin a-muigh ag fuinn-eog-aí mo thigh
w:Ag síor-chur mo chod-la-ta in iúl domh?
w:Mi-se Mall Dubh an Ghlean-na, an lig-feá_ mé is-teach
w:Nó go ndéan-fai-mis ta-mall sú-gartha?
w:A chroí is a chuid cai-dé dhéan-fainn-se duit
w:Mu-na gcuir-finn ort beann_-óg mo_ ghú-na?
w:'S~go mbeidh an pú-dar dubh a_ scaoi-leadh_ linn go tiubh
w:'S~go mb'fhéi-dir go ndéan-fadh sé ár bplúch-adh.