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Thread #10040   Message #67959
Posted By: Bruce O.
03-Apr-99 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Ancient Irish Songs
Subject: RE: Ancient Irish Songs
This thread is on songs, and that's what I mean unless I specifically mention a title is that of a tune. "Callino" is a tune. There was apparently once a song for it of the same title, but it's now unknown. There are several 17th century Irish tunes, but I mentioned only songs. The story of Deirdre, with a poem recited by her and another 'chanted' by her is in a MS of the 15th century, given in Thomas Kinsella's 'The Tain', but I have only the English translation of this, and "Deirde's Lamentation" above doesn't look much like the literal translation. The song called above called "Deirdre's Lamentation" is probably a little older than the 1810 date of the tune of the same title, but I have it only in Bunting's 1840 collection.