Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on March 3rd 2006 by Stewart.
This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.
Also known as Clergy's Lamentation, The Fiddler's Lament, Ye Clarges’ Lamentation.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Clergy's Lamentation, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
B,A, B,DE2EF|G2-GAB2ed|ef edB2AG|FG AFEF ED|
B,A, B,DE2-EF|G2GAB2ed|ef edB2AG|FG ABB,2E2|E8:|
|:e2{fe}edBA Bd|e2-efg2-ga|g2B2fe fg|f2e2e2-ef|e2dBg2fe|
ef edB2AB|G2GFE2-EF|GF GAB2-Bd|ef edB2AG|FG ABB,2E2|E8:|
Clergy's Lamentation - O'Carolan air
A beautiful air by O'Carolan. I transcribed this from Nollaig Casey's "The Music of What Happened." I just saw it listed on "The Art Of Turlough O'Carolan - Piano Arrangements Of The Famous Airs And Laments" by J.J. Sheridan and was surprised it wasn't already in the data base.
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Stewart
Quoting from Fiddler's Companion.
I have also seen the music elsewhere on the net attributed as Anon. Who knows?
"The tune is attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough "O'Carolan (1670-1738), though Donal O'Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable evidence of its origin.
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Donough
1st part strongly reminiscent of The Dunmore Lasses
(a reel with a marching edge to it)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/462
# Posted on December 11th 2009 by birlibirdie
Dunmore Lasses reminds me a bit more of Amhran na Leabhar
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/814
But I can hear a bit of a resemblance with this one too.
# Posted on February 22nd 2011 by Resodan