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