The Limavady Air
As a travelling fiddler played away
A local lady, Miss Jane Ross, copied
An air to be later miss-named as 'The
Derry Air' or 'The Londonderry Air'...
But when coupled with the lyrics of
'Danny Boy' was immortalised by the
Human heart...
An Irish gift to the human race via a
Local fiddler named Jimmy McCurry.
Who, perhaps, was unaware that the
Air he played, allegedly, came via a
Dream of an O’ Cahan baptized as Rory.
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Submitted on February 25, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXAXXAX ABAAB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5 |
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