Loooking for tune: An Cailín Álainn

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Loooking for tune: An Cailín Álainn

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Hi All,

I am looking for the the notes of the following tune:

A Chailin Àlainn
An Cailín Álainn

Don't know which of those is the correct spelling. But when I google it, nothing comes up.
Any notation method is welcome, but preferably ABC, if available.
(it reminds me of The Mingulay Boatsong, but is not the same, as far as I am aware)
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Re: Loooking for tune: An Cailín Álainn

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Notation here:
http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/749.html
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The Mingulay Boat Song, well, that seems to be the same tune, with lyrics in English:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingulay_Boat_Song
The "Mingulay Boat Song" was a song written by Sir Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952) in the 1930s. The melody is described in Roberton's Songs of the Isles as a traditional Gaelic tune, probably titled "Lochaber". The tune was part of an old Gaelic song, "Òran na Comhachaig" (the 'Creag Ghuanach' portion); from Brae Lochaber
http://imslp.org/wiki/Songs_of_the_Isle ... ,_Hugh_S.)

Hee's a vocal score for sale:
https://www.forsyths.co.uk/music/vocal- ... 40605.html

And:
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Sear ... ats-_-used

Well-known as "An Cailín Álainn" [The Lovely Girl] (performed in Gaelic by Tomás Mac Eoin).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Mac_Eoin
Tomás Mac Eoin (born 1937) is an Irish sean-nós singer, an affectionate actor, singer, songwriter and poet. He is best known as Tomás 'Jimmy' Mac Eoin from An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua, Conamara, Galway, Ireland.
Here he is singing it:
A Chailin Àlainn sung by Tomás 'Jimmy' MacEoin & Arthur Cormack :
https://youtu.be/4ssktT1645o
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Re: Loooking for tune: An Cailín Álainn

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Now I feel silly :)

It felt like the Mingulay Boat song, but never thought it was actually the same. Funny how a different twist can make it so different from the version you know :)
I know the version sung by Tomás Mac Eoin, and that definitely has a Mingulay feel :)

Thanks!
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