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Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Brother

Also known as: Gallowglass

LamentsKey: AmBy Nathaniel Gow, 1791Scotland6/8

Sheet music and tabs for Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Brother

Sheet Music for "Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Brother"Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His BrotherGallowglassLamentNathaniel Gow, 1791 (Scotland)= 40AmEmAmEmAmEmAmEAmAmEmAmEmAmEmAmEAmAmEmAmEmAmG7AmEAmEmAmTranscription: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2026 (see pghardy.net). Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA licenced.
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About this tune

Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Brother is a one-part Lament in A minor, written in 6/8 time. The tune contains about 10 bars and spans from C3 to A4. It is credited to Nathaniel Gow, 1791. The source notes it as Scotland.

ABC notation for Nathaniel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Brother

A/B/ | "Am"c>BA "Em"eBd | "Am"cAA A2A/B/ | cBA e^fg | "Em"BGG G2A/B/ |
"Am"cBA "Em"eBd | "Am"cea e2d | c>BA "E"EA^G | "Am"A[AC][AC] [A2C2] :|
e | "Am"a^ga "Em"e=g/f/e/d/ | "Am"cAA A2A/B/ | cBA e^fg | "Em"BGG G2e |
"Am"a^ga "Em"e=g/f/e/d/ | "Am"cAA Ae>d | c>BA "E"EA^G | "Am"A[AC][AC] [A2C2]e |
"Am"a^ga "Em"e=g/f/e/d/ | "Am"cAA A2A/B/ | cBA e^fg | "Em"BGG G2e |
"Am"aeg "G7"fdB | "Am"ecA "E"B^GE | "Am"ABc "Em"Be/d/c/B/ | "Am"cA[AD] [A3C3] |]

Sheet music source:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebookbrowse the collection

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