Lady Gethin

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 2nd 2007 by JACKB.

This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Carolan's Receipt: The Music Of Carolan, Vol. 1 by Derek Bell
• Double Strung by Anne-Marie O'Farrell And Cormac De Barra
• Orion by Orion
• Out Of Court by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
• Outside The Box by Billy McComiskey
• The Bardic Moods Of Music by Abhan Trireach
• The Complete Works Of Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 2 by J.J. Sheridan
• The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
• The O'Carolan Quartet by The O'Carolan Quartet

X: 1
T: Lady Gethin
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|: fd db | ge ea | fe/d/ c/d/e/B/ | cA Aa/g/ |
f/g/a/f/ db/a/ | g/a/b/g/ ea | g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/c/ | d2 d2 :|
|: FA dF | GB BA/G/ | FA g/f/e/d/ | ce Af/g/ |
ag/f/ ba/g/ | a/g/f/g/ ea | g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/c/ | d2 d2 :|

Lady Gethin

Another fine Carolan tune, not a polka but a slow listening tune. Lady Gethin was a patron of Carolan's and for many of his patrons, Carolan would compose songs or tunes in their honour.

# Posted on March 2nd 2007 by JACKB