Bantry Girls Lament

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.

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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

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---------- ----------

----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

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