X: 1
T:Captain O'Kane
T:Wounded Hussar, The
C:Turlaugh O'Carolan
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:McGoun's Repository 1803
B:O'Neill's "Waifs and Strays"
R:air, waltz
Q:"Moderato"
K:G
E/D/ |\
B,EF G2 F/E/ | F/G/A/G/F/E/ D>EF | GBG B/A/G/F/E/D/ | B,EE E>FE/D/ |
B,EF G2 F/E/ | F/G/A/G/F/E/ D>EF | GBG B/A/G/F/E/D/ | B,EE E2 ||
E/F/ |\
GBB B2 A/G/ | FAA A2 d/c/ | Be^d e>fg | Be^d e2 e/f/ |
g>fe d>cB | AFd D>EF | GBG B/A/G/F/E/D/ | B,EF E2 ||
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N:The earliest setting of this rare composition which the compiler can
N:trace is that found in Vol.3 of Aird's Selections of Scotch, English,
N:Irish and Foreign Airs, printed in 1788. Slightlly disguised as
N:"Captain Oakhain: A Favorite Irish Tune", it appears in McGoun's
N:Repository of Scots and Irish Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, etc. Glasgow
N:1803", but it is not numbered among the Bunting or Petrie
N:Collections. "The Wounded Hussar" we learn from Alexander
N:Campbell's song of that name printed with the music in Smith's Irish
N:Minstrel, Edinburgh 1825" was Captain Henry O'Kain who died of
N:his wounds on "the banks fo the dark rolling Danube".
N:Included as one of Carolan's compositions in Hardiman's Irish
N:Minstrelsy, 1831" the author adds: "Capt. O'Kane or O'Cahan of a
N:distinguished family, a sporting Irishman well know in Antrim in his
N:day as "Slasher O'Kane'". There can be no doubt that he was
N:the hero of Campbell's song. The Wounded Hussar is also included in
N:Serenne's "Songs of Ireland without words, Edinburgh 1854".


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filesizedescription
Tune-80829-CaptainOKane2_G.abc 1480 ABC music file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-80829-CaptainOKane2_G.txt 1480 Plain-text file with the extracted tune(s)
Tune-80829-get.log 2998 Log file, useful mostly for debugging
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