I Ne'er Shall Wean Her

jig

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on June 24th 2002 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 62 tunebooks.

Also known as Mrs Sullivan's, Mrs. O'Sullivan's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Draiocht by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
• Heartstring Sessions by Arty McGlynn, Chris Newman, Nollaig Casey & Máire Ní Chathasaigh
• Hush by Laura Cortese
• Midsummer's Night by Dervish
• Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• Steam by John Williams
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Kinnitty Sessions by Lunasa

X: 1
T: I Ne'er Shall Wean Her
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
|:G|EGG GED|EGG c2B|AcA AGA|cde ecd|
cde g2a|ged c2d|eaa e2d|cAA A2 :|
|:d|egg ged|egg g2d|eaa aga|baa a2g|
cde g2a|ged c2d|eaa e2d|cAA A2 :|

Two Keys and Two Titles

When played in A dorian, this tune is called "I Shall Ne'er Wean Her," and in B minor its title becomes "Mrs. O'Sullivan's."

# Posted on June 24th 2002 by slainte

Jig and Reel

Reminds me of a tune the great Ulster singers Len Graham and the late Joe Holmes used to lilt in jig and reel versions. I think they called it "Wellington's Medal".

# Posted on December 9th 2004 by LongNote

Key question

I'm a bit confused about the key here - it seems to me that If I accompany this tune I play the chords for C major.

# Posted on June 28th 2005 by stoneboy

"I Ne'er Shall Wean Her" ~ K: A minor

~ and just a minor variant:

|: G |
EGG GED | EGG c2 B | AcA AGA | cde e2 d |
cde g2 a | ged c2 d | e2 a edB | cAG A2 :|
|: d |
e2 g ged | egg g2 d | e2 a aga | bag a2 g |
cc/d/e g2 a | ged c2 B | Aaa e2 d | cAG A2 :|

# Posted on November 23rd 2005 by ceolachan

& a version in F minor:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3971

# Posted on November 23rd 2005 by ceolachan

I'd call it C rather than A dorian

Stoneboy wrote, "I'm a bit confused about the key here - it seems to me that If I accompany this tune I play the chords for C major." I agree. A dorian has an F sharp in it; C major, of course, has F natural. There are several places in this tune where you could drop an F natural in and it would sound fine, e.g., in measure 5 in the run up to G. I don't think there's any place an F# would fit.

Yeah, it ends on an A, but so what? It just begs to resolve to a C chord.

# Posted on October 9th 2006 by csharpd