The Gallowglass
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Gallowglass", also known as "An Gallóglach", "Nathaniel Gow’s<br> Lament For His Brother" and "Lumps of Puddings" is an Irish<br> double jig in A Dorian.<br> A 'gallowglass' was the name for a mercenary soldier, often Scottish,<br> who in ages past fought in Ireland. The Gaelic word is galloglach which<br> is a combination of two words: gall, a foreigner (usuallly a Scot), and<br> oglach, a soldier.<br> The melody was originally written by the Scots fiddler and composer<br> Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831) as "Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of<br> His Brother" published in 1792 which was later reset by the Irish as a<br> less sombre jig.<br> It was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems(1907).<br>
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