Irish Lamentations

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Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 3rd 2008 by Pierre Commes.

This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.

Also known as An Graduigteoir Treigte, The Forlorn Lover, Irish Lamentation, The Irish Lamentation, King James' March To Limerick, Limerick Lamentations, Limerick's Lamentation, Marbhna Luimnigh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

An Ph�b by Dicky Deegan
Chappell Recorded Music Library - National Ireland by The Chieftains
Eistigh Seal by Matt Cranitch
Fiona by Patrick Ball
Gaoth An Fhomhair - Autumn's Wind by Samhradh
O Riada Sa Gaiety by Na Ceoltoiri
Pont Gwenn Ha Pont Stang by Jean-Michel Veillon And Yvon Riou
Scottish Reflections by Bonnie Rideout
The Chieftains Live by The Chieftains
The Half Gate by Iontach
The Jig's Up by Anne-Marie O'Farrell
Traditional Irish Music by James Kelly
Untitled by Liam O'Flynn

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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AKA Limerick Lamentations

Liam O'Flynn recorded this tune on his first solo LP in 1988.
The transcription is by John Chambers.
Another Title is "The Forlorn Lover"

# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by Pierre Commes

Discussion: anyone have the dots for Limerick's lament?

# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by Shylock
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/19299

# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by ceolachan

Lamentation ~ singular, not 's'... & the John Chambers transcription

X: 1
T: Irish Lamentation
T: King James' March to Limerick
O: England c.1735
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc@trillian.mit.edu>
N: Compare O'Neill's 275 ("The Forlorn Lover")
N: Barnes (dates c.1735)
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: GA |\
"G" B2 B2 Bc | B3 A G2 | "Am"{g}a2 A2 AB | "D" A4 GA |
"G" B2 cB AG | "C"E3 GFE | "D7" DE G2 {G}A2 | "G" G4 :|
|: GA |\
"G" B2 d2 d2 | de dB AB | "C" {f}G2 g2 g2 | "D7" g3 fed |
"G" B2 d2 d2 | de dB AB | "C" {f}G2 g2 g2 | "D7"g4 de |
"F" =f>e fg fg | "C"e>d eg eg | "G" d2 ed cB | "D7" A4 GA |
"G" B2 cB AG | "C" E3 GFE | "D7" DE G2 G-A | "G" G4 :|

N: Not a transcription of Liam O'Flynn's playing...

# Posted on October 4th 2008 by ceolachan

"The Forlorn Lover" ~ from O'Neill

X: 2
T: Forlorn Lover, The
B: "O’Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies", 1903, page 48, tune #275
N: Moderate
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: Air
K: Gmaj
|: G2 |\
B2 B2 B2 | B3 A G2 | e2 A2 A2 | A4 GA |
B2 dB AG | E2 D2 GA | B3 c BA | G4 :|
B2 |\
d2 d2 d2 | d2 cB AG | G2 g2 g2 | g4 Bc |
d2 d2 d2 | ed cB AG | G2 g2 f2 | g4 de |
=f3 g f2 | e4 g2 | d2 cB AG | A4 GA |
B2 dB AG | E2 D2 GA | B3 c BA |G4 |]

# Posted on October 4th 2008 by ceolachan

I like the O'Flynn take on this one but haven't that recording on hand. It would be great to see a transcription, if anyone would be kiind enough to offer it...

# Posted on October 4th 2008 by ceolachan

My transcription from O'Flynn's playing

X:1
T: Irish Lamentation
T: the Forlorn Lover
T: Limerick's Lamentation
D:Liam O'Flynn 1988
M:3/4
L: 1/8
K:G
GA| B2 B2 B>c | B3 A G2 | g2 A2 AB |A4 GA |
B2 c>B A>G | E2 D2 BA | G2 G2 GA | G4 :|
|: GA | B2 d2 d2 | de dB A>B |G2 g2 ga | g4 :|
de | =fef g fg | ede geg | d2 ed cB | A4 GA |
B2 d>B A>G | E2 D2 BA | G2 G2 GA | G4 ||

# Posted on October 7th 2008 by Pierre Commes

Probably mislabelled

It's named Limerick's Lamentation on the album but it seems to be definitly the Irish Lamentation.

# Posted on October 7th 2008 by Pierre Commes

"The Forlorn Lover" ~ courtesy of Liam O'Flynn & swisspiper

Sorry I'm late getting back to this. Thanks Pierre for the transcription. Here it is again adorned and stripped down...

X: 4
T: Irish Lamentation
T: Forlorn Lover, The
T: Limerick's Lamentation
D: Liam O'Flynn 1988
N: whistle & uilleann pipes
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: G
|: {F/}G>A |\
{c/}B2 B2 {c/}B>c | {A}B3 {A/c/}A G2 | {f/}g2 {G/}A2 {c/}A{B/c/}B | {G/}A4 {F/}G>A |
{c/}B2 {d/}c>B A>{B/A/}G | E>{F/}E D2 {A/}B>{A/B/}A | G2 {A/}G2 {A/}G>{A/B/}A | G4 :|
|: {F/}G>A |\
{A}B2 d2 d2 | {e}d{e/f/}e dB A>B | G2 {f/}g2 {a/}g{a/b/}a | g4 :|
{d/e/}d>e |\
{a}=f>e {a}f>{a}g f>g | {e/f/}e>d {a}e>{a}g {a}e>g | d2 {a}ed c{B/c/}B | A4 {F/}G>A |
{A/}B2 d>B A>{/B/A/}G | E>{F}E D2 {B/A/}BA | G2 {A/}G2 {A/}G>{A/B/}A | G4 |]
N: sans the jewels
|: GA |\
B2 B2 Bc | B3 A G2 | g2 A2 AB | A4 GA |
B2 cB AG | EE D2 BA | G2 G2 GA | G4 :|
|: GA |\
B2 d2 d2 | de dB AB | G2 g2 ga | g4 :|
de |\
=fe fg fg | ed eg eg | d2 ed cB | A4 GA |
B2 dB AG | EE D2 BA | G2 G2 GA | G4 |]

Liam does a lot of sliding up from the note below ~ for example F to G ~ |: {F/}G>A |\

# Posted on October 17th 2008 by ceolachan

c,
brilliant trabscription, I just miss the regulator work ;-)

# Posted on October 17th 2008 by swisspiper

Damn, I knew I was forgetting something...

# Posted on October 17th 2008 by ceolachan

My Version

X: 1
T: Limerick's Lamentation
M: 3/2
L: 1/8
K: G
|: G2A2|B4 dB3 AG3|A4 G4 G2 A2|B4 dB3 AG3|A4 A4 G3A|
BG3 cA3 BG3|E3D E4 G3A|B4 G4 G2 A2|G4 G4 G2 A2||
B4 B4 B2 c2|B4 B4 AB3|a4 A4 A2B2|A4 A4 G2 A2|
BG3 cA3 BG3|E3D E4 G3A|B4 G4 G2 A2|G4 G4 G2 A2||
|:B4 d4 d2 e2|d2 c2 B2 A2 G2|G4 g4 a2 b2|g4 g4 G2 A2|
B4 d4 d2 e2|d4 c2 B2 A2 G2|G4 g4 g2 a2|g4 g4 d2 e2|
=fe3 =f2 g2 a=f3|e2 d2 e2 =f2 ge3|d2 e2 g2 B2 A2 G2|A4 A4 G2 A2|
BG3 cA3 BG3|E3D E4 G2A2|B4 G4 G3A|G4 G4||

# Posted on June 22nd 2009 by JACKB

Also known as Marbhna Luimni (which means the dead of Limerick) but more usually called in English Limerick's Lamentation. It is a Jacobean tune lamenting the defeat of the Irish-Jacobean forces at the siege of Limerick in 1691. As a lament it is usually played very slowly and with feeling.

# Posted on August 25th 2009 by Ciotog