Key signature: Dminor
Submitted on July 15th 2007 by hetty.
This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.
Also known as Siege Of Limerick.
X: 1
T: Siege Of Limerick, The
M: 3/2
L: 1/8
R: three-two
K: Dmin
d3e f2d2 a4 | e3f g2 ^c2 f4 | =B3d ^c2 e2 de f2 | A2 d4 ^c2 d4 |
d3e f2d2 a4 | e3f g2c2 f4 | =B3d ^c2e2 de f2 | A2 d4 ^c2 d4 ||
(c3d) cB A2 AB c2 | (d3e) de f2 ef g2 | a2 f4 c2e2 cB | AB c4 e2 f4 |
a3b a2f2 d4 | g3a g2e2 ^c4 | f3g f2d2 =B2e2 | ^c2 A4 c2 d4 |
a3b a2f2 d4 | g3a g2e2 ^c4 | f3g f2d2 =B2e2 | ^c2 A4 c2 d4 ||
SIEGE OF LIMERICK. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard. AB. The tune dates to the year 1691 when William of Orange invaded Ireland and defeated the native Irish forces. Limerick, an ancient city on the Shannon, was the last bastion of the Jacobite rebels, held by the Earl of Lucan (Patrick Sarsfield) who had broken a siege of the same city by the English the year before. This time, however, the English under General Godert de Ginkel (later the Earl of Athlone) prevailed. The city capitulated, but on terms, and Sarsfield and the Irish were given the choice of taking an oath of allegiance to William and Mary or exile. Many chose exile, to be called the Wild Geese. The melody appears in Playford. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 69.
# Posted on July 15th 2007 by hetty
A 3/2 from the Playford stable as promised.
I am left with the question 'was this composed in celebration of the outcome of the seige or in sympathy for the loosing side?'
Here's the link to the previous submission re. 3/2's by 'c'
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7482
# Posted on July 15th 2007 by hetty