X:81
T:Knight of St. Patrick Lancers (#81-A)
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscripts
K:D
(3A/2B/2c/2|d>ed def|a>ba afd|e>fe fdc|B>cB B2 A|
d>ed def|a>ba afd|{f}e>de fdA|[D2B2] [Gc] [F2d2] z||
abc' d'2 b|c'2 a baf|abc' d'2 b|c'ba b2 c'/2d'/2|
d>ed def|a>ba afd|{f}e>de fdA|[D2B2] [Gc] [F2d2]||
K:G
(3d/2e/2f/2|[B3d3g3] [B3g3b3]|{b}a>ga bge|ded g2 e'|d'c'b a2 g|
[B3d3g3] [B3g3b3]|{b}a>ga bge|d>ed dd'>c'|bgg g2||
K:D
M:2/4
L:1/8
d/2d/2d/2d/2 d2|e/2e/2e/2e/2 e2|dd' c'b|ag fe|
d/2d/2d/2d/2 d{^c'}d'|e/2e/2e/2e/2 e{^a}b|d{g}a c{g}a|d z d' A||2 f>d|ge dc|df a>b|a2 f>a|
ag eg|gf df|ge dc|d3 a|
a>g fg|ad' c'b|ag fg|a2 c'd'|
d'2 bd'|d' c'2 a|c'b a^g|a2 c'/4b/4a/4=g/4f/4e/4||
f/4e/4|dB BB|FB BB|cA A/2B/2c/2d/2|e2 dc|
dB BB|FB BB|cA A/2B/2c/2d/2|e2 dc|
db ba|bf fe|fb ba|b3 b/2c'/2|
d'b c'^a|bf fe/2d/2|cA A/2B/2c/2d/2|e2 dc||
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% Among the mass of his father's manuscript music which Sergt. James
% O'Neill brought from Belfast in his youth, was a copy of "The Knight
% of St. Patrick Lancers". Many of the original tunes of which it was
% composed having been subjected to alteration in the process of its
% arrangement, its publication in that form in the O'Neill Collections
% was then not favorably considered.  Since the appearance of Dr.
% Joyce's  "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs" in 1909, the composition
% has assumed  new interest. In a note to a  "Reel", page 63, the
% learned author remarks:
%  "I find a setting different from mine in a single obscure publication
%     The Knight of St. Patrick  Lancers, long since out of print".
% Dr. Joyce's unnamed "Reel" it may be added is the well known
% "Bonnie Kate". Taking all things into consideration The Knight of
% St. Patrick Lancers cannot be out of place in a collection of Waifs
% and Strays of Gaelic Melody.
%NOTE: Due to the length of this tune, I have separated it into
%            5 parts. (PTK)