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Bantry Girls Lament

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected] ("Barry Hutchinson")

This is a lovely Irish tune, very closely akin to the tune of "On Raglan 
Road" as sung by Van Morrison with the Chieftains on "Irish Heartbeat" - 
actually a modern poem by P. J. Kavanagh set to a traditional air whose 
title I've forgotten ("The Dawning of the Day", perhaps?).

The first half of this is pretty well note-for-note identical to Martin 
Simpson's arrangement on "Leaves of Life", and as per the TAB that comes 
with the album. However, he plays it on a baritone guitar - this sounds 
achingly beautiful and sonorous, but given the higher pitch of the 
standard guitar, I thought it could use a bit more of the lower register, 
so I put together a simple arrangement one octave below. This alternates 
nicely with the higher part, and gives some pleasing tonal contrast, 
especially if the right-hand attack alternates between 'over the sound 
hole' and 'down by the bridge'.

Any comments would be welcome.

Regards,

Barry
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                          Bantry Girl's Lament

Trad. Irish
arranged by Martin Simpson 
(with addition by Barry Hutchinson)
                                                 
Dropped D tuning
DADGBE


Freely, wistfully

     e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e   q    e^   e                           
||---------------|-----------------------------|
||------------5--|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
||*--------7-----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
||*-----7--------|------0---------0------------|
||---0-----------|-----------------------------|
||---------------|---0-------------------------|
                    arp.         arp.                                   

  e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  e  e  e   e q  e                          
|-5--------5--7--------7--|--5--------5---5p2-----|
|-7-----7-----------0-----|--------3------2----5--|
|-7--6-----------0--------|-----2---------2-------|
|-------------0-----------|--0------------4-------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|
 arp.                                    arp.                             

  e  e  e  e  e  e  e e      e  e  e  e   q    e^   e                     
  
|-0-----------0----------|-----------------------------|
|----------3--------3/5--|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
|-------0--------0--0----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
|----2-------------------|------0---------0------------|
|-0-----------------2/4--|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|---0-------------------------|
                            arp.         arp.                             

  e  e  e  e   e  e  e e     e e  e  e  e  e  e  e                        
|-5--------5---7-----5h7--|--5p2-----2--------------|
|-7-----7------0----------|-------5-----3-----3-----|
|-7--6---------0--0-------|----------------0-----0--|
|--------------0----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
 arp.         arp.                                                        

  e  s s  e  e  e   e e  s s       Q   e    e   e   q                     
 
|-------------------5h7--9/10--|---10--10---10---------|
|-3-----------------5----------|---8--------7---10-----|
|----2p0-----0------6----------|---0--------7-------7--|
|---------4---------7----------|------------9----------|
|---------------0--------------|-----------------------|
|-0----------------------------|-----------------------|
                   arp.           arp.     arp.                           
 

  E   s  e   s s    h       e   e  e  e    q    q                   
|------------9h10-------|-------------------------|
|-12--10h12---------12--|---10-----10h12---10-----|
|-0-----------------12--|---11-------------11--11\|
|-12----------------12--|-------0----------11-- 9\|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|---0---------------------|
 arp.            harmonics  arp.           arp.                    
                                
   e  e  e  e   e  e  e  e      e  e  e  e   q    e^   e                 
|------------------------0--|-----------------------------|
|-----------10--8-----------|---7--------7---7--5h7p5-----|
|\-9-----9------------7-----|---7-----7------6---------7--|
|\-7--7------------9--------|------0---------0------------|
|--0------------------------|-----------------------------|
----------------------------|---0-------------------------|
  arp.                         arp.         arp.                         

  e  e  e  e  e  e  e e     e e  e  e  e  e  e  e     e  s s  e  e        
|-5--------5--7-----5h7--|--5p2-----2--------------|----------------||
|-7-----7----------------|-------5-----3-----3-----|--3-------------||
|-7--6-----------0-------|----------------0-----0--|-----2p0-----0--||
|-------------0----------|-------------------------|----------4-----||
|------------------------|-------------------2-----|----------------||
|-0----------------------|-------------------------|--0-------------||
 arp.                                                                     

  e  e  e  e      q  e  e   q    e^   e      e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e       
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------0--------0--|
|-------------|--------------------------|---2--------2-----0--------|
|-------0--2--|---4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|---0-----4-----0-----0-----|
|-4--0--------|---5--5------4------------|------4--------------------|
|-------------|---0---------0------------|---0-----------------------|
(ponticello      arp.      arp.             arp.                          

  e  e  e  e   e  q  e       e^  e  e e   q  e  e                         
 
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-2--------2---2--------|-----------------0--------|
|-------0---------4--2--|--2h4p2p0--2h4---2--0--2--|
|----0---------4--------|--0--------------4--2--4--|
|-0------------4--------|--------------------------|
              arp.                       arp.                             
 

  q  e  e   q    e^   e      e  e  e  e   q  e e                          
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------0-------|
|------------------------|---2--------2---0--2h4--|
|-4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|---0-----4------0-------|
|-5--5------4------------|------4-----------------|
|-0---------0------------|---0--------------------|
 arp.      arp.             arp.         arp.                             

  e  e  e e  e  e  e  e     e  s s  e  e  e   e e  s s                    
  
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------2h3--|
|-2------------0-----0---|-----2p0-----0------2h4-------|
|---h4--2h4--0-----0-----|--0-------4---------2---------|
|-----------------2------|----------------0-------------|
|------------------------|--0---------------------------|
                                             arp.                         
  
  Q  e   e  e  q     E  s  e s s   h     e  e  e  e   q  q                
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-3--3---3--------|--0-----0h2/3------|--------------------|
|-0---------2-----|-----2----------4--|--2--------2---2----|
|--------4-----4--|--0-------------5--|--------0---------4\|
|--------2--------|----------------5--|-----0---------4--2\|
|-----------------|-------------------|--0------------4----|
 arp.   arp.                      arp.               arp.                 

  e e  e  e  e  e  e  e      q  e  e   q    e^   e                        
 
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------2--0-----------|--------------------------|
|\2p0--2-----------0--2--|---4-----4---4--2h4p2--0--|
|\0-------------2--------|---5--5------4------------|
|------------------------|---0---------0------------|
                            arp.      arp.                                
 

 e  e  e  e  e  e  e e     e e  e e  e  e  e  e     e  s s  e  e         
|------------------------|------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------0----------|------------------------|-----------------||
|-2--------2-----0--2h4--|--2------------0-----0--|-----2p0-----0--*||
|-0-----4-----0----------|---h4--2h4--0-----2-----|--0-------4-----*||
|----4-------------------|------------------2-----|-----------------||
|-0----------------------|------------------------|--0--------------||
 arp.                                                                     


(tailpiece)

   q                                                                      
 |-r---10--||
 |-e---10--||
 |-s---11--||
 |-t-------||
 |---------||
 |-----0---||
      arp.                                                                
  

=========================================================================
==                        TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
=========================================================================

----------                            ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron                   ----(8)--- Ghost Note
----------                            ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff                    ----------

----------                            ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up                   -----x---- Dead Note
----------                            ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down                 ----------

----------                            ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato                    ||*----*||
----------                            ||*----*||
----------                            ||------||

Rhythm:
  w = whole note            W = dotted whole
  h = half note             H = dotted half
  q = quarter note          Q = dotted quarter
  e = eighth note           E = dotted eighth
  s = sixteenth note        S = dotted sixteenth
  ^ = triplet

General:
  arp. = arpeggio
  ponticello = played near the bridge

=========================================================================
==        Created with a shareware version of the BUCKET 'O TAB        ==
==               tablature creation software for Windows               ==
==                        For more information:                        ==
==                      email: [email protected]                       ==
==  US Mail: The Bucket, 3176-B5 Summit Square Dr., Oakton, VA 22124   ==
=========================================================================

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