May Collean

X:3
T:May Collean
T:Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight
B:Bronson
O:William Motherwell, "Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern"
O:1827, Appendix 24.
N:Tune similar to "Lord Robert and Fair Ellen", Petrie collection
N:No. 795 from Dr Kelly, County Mayo.
N:Not enough words given to fit the tune.
N:Possibly each line is repeated?
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
B | d2 d BAB | d2 e G2 SA |
B>cB AGA | G3 z2 :| Sd |
g2 f e2 e | f2 e/d/ B2 SB | g2 f e>de | d3 z2 SB |
d2 d BAB | d2 e G2 SA | B2 B AGA | G3 z2 |]
W:
W:O heard ye e'er o' a bloody knight
W:That lived in the West Countrie?
W:For he has stown seven ladies fair
W:And drowned them a' in the sea.

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