Tune Add: A Nation Once Again

Subject: TUNE ADD: A Nation Once Again
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 09 Jul 99 - 01:46 AM

I hadn't realised how old this song was. Written by Thomas Davis 1814 - 1835, one of the founders of the Young Ireland Movement. Not a bad song IMHO.

Regards
John

MIDI file: ANATION.mid

Timebase: 192

Name: A Nation Once Again
Text: By Thomas Davis 1814 - 1835 Young Irelend Movement
Copyright: Sequenced 1999 by John J Leahy
Key: G
TimeSig: 2/4 24 8
Start
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ABC format:

X:1
T:A Nation Once Again
M:2/4
Q:1/4=120
K:G
D4D4|E2F2G4|F2G2B4|-B2A2G4|F4E4|A4G2F2|E2F2A4|
G8|D4D4|E2F2G4|F2G2B4|-B2A2G4|F4E4|A4G2F2|
E2F2E4|D8|D4D4|E4F4|-F2G2A4|D4D4|-D2D2E4|
-E2F2G4|A4B4|-B8|G8|-G2F2E4|E4c4|-c2B2A4|
G4F4|-F2E2D4|B4A4|-A2G2G4|-G8|D8|-D4B4|-B2A2G4|
F4E4|-E8|E8|-E4c4|-c2B2A4|G4F4|-F8|E8|-E4D4|
E2F2G4|F2G2E4|A4F4|G2A2B4|c4A4|-A2G2G4|-G7||

Subject: Tune Add: A NATION ONCE AGAIN (Thomas Davis)
From:
Date: 09 Jul 99 - 03:12 AM

Thomas Davis's "A Nation Once Again" was published with the tune (given below) in James Duffy's 'The Spirit of the Nation', 1845. Davis was born on Oct. 14, 1814, and died Sept. 16, 1845.

X:1
T:A Nation Once Again, by Thomas Davis
S:Duffy's 'Spirit of the Nation', 1845
Q:120
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:F
C|F3/2G/AA2A|B3/2A/GG2G|A3/2B/c cdA|A3G2C|F3/2G/AA2A|\
AGCB3|AGF cBA|A2GF2||c/d/|_e2ee2e|_e2ee2e|d3/2c/B f3/2e/d|\
d3c2A|B2BB2B|B3(3 B/A/G/ c2B|A3/2G/F c3/2B/A|A3G2C|\
F3/2G/AA2F|FAcd2c|fed cdA|{A}G3F2|]

Subject: RE: TUNE ADD: A Nation Once Again
From: John in Brisbame
Date: 11 Jul 99 - 07:12 PM

Thanks Mr O - I should have given the attribution which is Soodlum's 100 Irish Ballads. Clearly the two tunes are not the same. I respect that your information is impeccable, and would therefore refer to the version I posted as 'Modern version - Composer Unknown'.

Regards
John

Subject: RE: TUNE ADD: A Nation Once Again
From:
Date: 11 Jul 99 - 11:10 PM

For biographical details of almost all Irish poets and songwriters prior to 1900 see O'Donahue's 'The Poets of Ireland'. For copies of all Irish tunes known prior to 1856 (except "Gamiorum") see 'Sources of Irish Traditional Music', 2 vols., 1998.