Mudcat Café message #3523356

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Thread #52272 Message #3523356
Posted By: Jack Campin
06-Jun-13 - 05:22 AM
Thread Name: O, mirk, mirk is this midnight hour (Lord Gregory)
Subject: RE: O, mirk, mirk is this midnight hour (Lord Gregory)

I have the version from Nathaniel Gow's Vocal Melodies of Scotland in my Scottish flute pages (ABC, staff notation, QuickTime and MIDI):

http://www.campin.me.uk/Flute/Webrelease/Flute/03Air/03Air.htm

The alternating 8-bar/7-bar structure is found in a lot of hymns, and it sounds like a hymn tune to me.