I Won’t Be A Nun march

Also known as Captain’s Whiskers, The Captain’s Whiskers, Governor Taylor’s, I Cannot Be A Slave, I’ll Marry And I Won’t Be A Nun, I’ll Marry And I’ll Never Be A Nun, Irish Freedom, Máirseáil Uí Shúilleabháin, Máirseáil Uí Shúilleabháin Mhóir, O’Sullivan Mor, O’Sullivan The Great, O’Sullivan’s, Officer On Guard, Or: The Better That He Longed For Never Came, Tyrone Ditches, Tyrone’s Ditches, Tyrones Ditches, Uí Shúilleabháin Mhóir.

There are 17 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Chief O’Neill’s Favourite (a few times).

I Won’t Be A Nun appears in 3 other tune collections.

I Won’t Be A Nun has been added to 4 tune sets.

I Won’t Be A Nun has been added to 46 tunebooks.

Six settings

1

X: 1
T: I Won't Be A Nun
R: march

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G>A|Bd g>a g2 fe|dB B>c B2 AG|Bd ce dB GB|Ag fe dc BA|
Bd g>a g>a b/a/g/f/|ed B>c B2 AG|Bd ge dB AB|G2 G>A G2:|
|:fg|a<f d>f d2 ga|bg e>f e2 ga|bg af ge dB|AD FA dc BA|
Bd g>a g>a b/a/g/f/|ed B>c B2 AG|Bd ce dB AB|G2 G>A G2:|
|:ab|c'b af ge dc|BG/B/ dB/d/ g2 ab|c'b af ge dB|BA AB A2 G>A|
Bd g>a g>a b/a/g/f/|ed B>c B2 AG|Bd ge dB AB|G2 G>A G2:|

2

X: 2
T: I Won't Be A Nun
R: march

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:D>E|FA d>e d2 cB|AF F>G F2 ED|(3FGA dB AF DF|EF/E/ EF/E/ EF/E/ D>E|
(3FGA de d>e f/e/d/c/|B/A/F FG FG/F/ ED|FA dB AF EC|D2 D>C D2:|
|:A/B/c/d/|ec A>B A2 A/B/d/e/|fd B>c B2 de|fd ec dB AF|FE E>F E2 D>E|
FA d>e d2 f/e/d/c/|BA F>E F2 FE/D/|FA dc/B/ AF EC|D2 D>C D2:|
|:de/f/|g(3f/g/f/ e>c d(3B/c/B/ A>G|FD/F/ A/D/(3F/G/A/ d2 de/f/|gf ec dB AF|(3FGA D>F EF/E/ D>E|
FG/A/ d>c d>e f/>e/d/c/|BA FG F2 E>D|F/G/A dF AF EF|D2 D>C D2:|

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