The Dawning of the Day

X:38
T:The Dawning of the Day
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Aird's Selections 1782-97
R:Air
K:G
"Moderato"DE/2F/2|G>AGF E2 D2|dd g/2f/2e/2d/2 B2 c/2B/2A/2G/2|
GFGA B2 g/2f/2e/2d/2|B>c A2 {GF}G2:|
e>def g2 ga/2b/2|agfe d2 B2|ed e/2g/2f/2a/2 ggab|
agf>e e4|edef gg g/2f/2e/2d/2|Bg B/2g/2B/2g/2 A2 B/2A/2G/2F/2|
GFGA B2 g/2f/2e/2d/2|Bc A2 GF G2||
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% This fine air, the best known of the compositons of the great harper
% Thomas O'Connellan, was taken from "Aird's Selection of Scotch,
% English, Irish and Foreign Airs, Vol.3", published in 1788.
% O'Connellan flourished in a period when the renown of Irish harpers
% became a matter of history. After a sojourn of 20 years in Scotland,
% he returned to his native land in 1689, and died nine years later.
% As the above setting differs materially from that of Bunting in his
% second collection issued in 1809, and others much more recent,
% its introduction  among Waifs and Strays may be not without interest
% to students of Irish musical history.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/MontrealSession/oneill_ws/%38:DAWNINGOFTHEDAY/0000

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