George Petrie - Ancient Irish Airs and Dances: 201 Classic Tunes Arranged for Piano

CHURCH MUSIC OF IRELAND.

Hymn.

Hymn.

Hymn.

Chant.

Hymn.

Hymn.

Hymn.

Hymn.

Caoinan or Dirge.

First Semi-Chorus.

Second Semi-Chorus.

Full Chorus.

First Semi-Chorus.

Second Semi-Chorus.

Full Chorus.

The following three Airs are from Queen Elizabeths Virginal Book. They have been already published by M W. Chappell in his Work on Popular Music of the olden Time, Vol. II. page 793, and are reprinted hereby that Authors kind permission.

The Irish Ho-Hoane.

The Irish Dumpe.

Callino Casturame.

It is evidently to this tune that Shakespeare alludes in the play of Henry the Fifth, Act IV. Sc. 4. where Pistol on meeting a French soldier, exclaims Quality! Calen o custure me. In the folio we find Calmie custure me, which has been turned, in the modern Editions, into Call you me? Construe me. Malone found among Sundry new Sonets in a handefull of pleasant Delites 1584, a Sonet of a lover in praise of his Lady to Calen o custure. me, sung at every lines end. In M Lovers Lyrics of Ireland, he notices the resemblance of the first word to the name Caillino, speaking of M Fitzsimons beautiful Poem, The Woods of Caillino, and adds M Boswell, in his Edition of Shakespeare says that M Finnegan, Master of the school established in London for the education of the Irish, says the words mean Little Girl of my Heart for ever and ever, now this is not the meaning, and I can- not but wonder that, with so much literary discussion as has taken place on the subject, the true spelling, and consequently, the meaning of the burden have remained till now undiscovered. The burden, as given in the Handefull of plea- sant Delites, and copied by Malone, is Calen o custure me which is an attempt to spell, and pretty nearly represents the sound of Colleen oge astore, and those words mean Young Girl, my Treasure. Stokess life of Petrie, p. 481.

ANCIENT MUSIC OF IRELAND.

1

The Sigh.

2

The Roving Pedlar.

3

The Yellow Garron.

4

Air.

5

Little Donnell.

6

Air.

7

Air.

8

Where were you all Day my pretty Boy.