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Posted By: Anglo
10-Aug-19 - 10:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sailing in the Lowlands Low (P J McCall)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailing in the Lowlands Low (P J McCall)
Sailing in the Lowlands Low is in McCall's book, Irish Fireside Songs. See Here.
Kelly from Killann is a few pages later. As you can see, a tune reference is given for Lowlands, Joyce's Old Irish Music & Songs, #182.
Apparently a number of McCall's poems were set to music by Arthur Darley, using traditional Irish tune sources (hence the Joyce reference, I assume). I don't know if this as Darley's suggestion or not. Other examples are Kelly (no tune suggested in the book), Boulavogue, and Follow Me Up To Carlow.
I don't know where, or if, the Darley arrangements were published. I'd certainly be interested to find out.
Best to you, Bob.
John Roberts