Lament For Owen Roe O'Neill

reel

Key signature: Gminor

Submitted on May 13th 2007 by TheMuse.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as Lament For Owen Roe, Lament For Owen Roe O'Neill, Lament For The Death Of Owen Roe, Lament For The Death Of Owen Roe O'Neill, Lamentation For Owen Roe O'Neill, Lamentation Of Owen Roe O'Neill, Owen Roe O'Neill.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Garden Of Butterflies by Jody's Heaven
• If Anyone Can! by Leo McCann
• Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
• The Art Of Turlough O'Carolan - Piano Arrangements Of The Famous Airs And Laments by J.J. Sheridan
• There Was A Maid by Dolores Keane

X: 1
T: Lament For Owen Roe O'Neill
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmin
(GABc) d3 c|(Bcd=e) f2 (ef)|(gd)(dc) ~B2 (AG)|A2 (GF) D2 z2|
(GA)Bc d2 cB|(cB)(AG) F2 Ac|(B2 AG) (AGAc)|B2 A>G G2 z2|
(GABc) d3 c|Bcd=e f2 ef|g2 d2 (edcB)|A2 ~G>F F2 z2|
(d>ed.B) .c.c.c.A|(B>cB).G .A.G.F(D|B3) (G A3) (F|~G)>FD^F G2 z2||

~ 8/8 to a bar does not a 3/4 tune make...

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by ceolachan

Source credited ~ & 4/4, not 3/4

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/LAEG_LAM.htm

X: 1
T: Lamentation For Owen Roe O'Neill
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmin
(GABc) d3 c | (Bcd=e) f2 (ef) | (gd)(dc) ~B2 (AG) | A2 (GF) D2 z2 |
(GA)Bc d2 cB | (cB)(AG) F2 Ac | (B2 AG) (AGAc) | B2 A>G G2 z2 :|
(GABc) d3 c | Bcd=e f2 ef | g2 d2 (edcB) | A2 ~G>F F2 z2 |
(d>ed.B) .c.c.c.A | (B>cB).G .A.G.F(D | B3) (G A3) (F | ~G)>FD^F G2 z2 ||

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by ceolachan

"Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill"

~ a more usual title for it...

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by ceolachan

S: O'Neill – Music of Ireland (1903) No. 626

Oops! ~ a slip on the above cut & paste, here it is, rather than the 'copy' of the ABCs from here ~

X: 1
T: The Lamentation of Owen Roe O'Neill
M: C
L: 1/8
R: Air
S: O'Neill – Music of Ireland (1903) No. 626
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N: "Slow"
Z: bc/
K: g minor
(GABc) d3c | (Bcd=e) f2(ef) | (gd)(dc) TB2(AG) | A2(GF) D2z2 |
| (GA)Bc d2cB | (cB)(AG) F2Ac | (B2AG) (AGAc) | B2A>G G2z2 ||
|| (GABc) d3c | Bcd=e f2ef | g2d2 (edcB) | A2TG>G F2z2 |
| (d>ed).B .c.c.c.A | (B>cB).G .A.G.F(D | B3)(G A3)(F | ~G>)FD^F G2z2 |]

No repeats...

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by ceolachan

T / ~

# Posted on May 13th 2007 by ceolachan

Owen Roe O'Neill into Youghal Harbour

I was surprised this wasn't here already. We play it before Youghal Harbour - the contrast moving from Gmin into Gmaj is most refreshing !

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4615

ps I believe the title is pronounced 'Yawl'

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by domnull

I was equally surprised, even more to see it under 'waltz' initially... I'm glad the correction was made before the sheetmusic was. I'm not sure how that would have panned out polyrhythmicly...

# Posted on May 14th 2007 by ceolachan

Lamentable Musings

Very old tune indeed. Attributed to O'Carolan by some.
Thanks for the corrections!
Jeremy if you are out there please take out the repeat.
Thanks Ceol.
Original source is:
O'Neill's Project's History
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/1850/History.html
I used Ted Hastings file - 1st O'Carolan tune (#626)
John Chambers version is more reliable.

# Posted on May 16th 2007 by TheMuse

Abc editing

I just took out a repeat in the A part. Did not know I could edit my ABC's

# Posted on May 27th 2007 by TheMuse

Yes you can - but it does not change the sheetmusic so that still has the repeat.

# Posted on May 27th 2007 by No Cause For Alarm