Learning The Song for the Books

In this video we walk through and learn the tune The Song for the Books.

In this video we learn the tune The Song for the Books. It is also named Lament for the Books, The Valentia Lament, and more.

Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin wrote the moving words and tune after the tragic loss of his library. He tells the story of the loss in this song. I describe it in the opening section to this song. 

I have segmented the YouTube video into chapters so you can jump to the play along with Scott section.

Select the video on the right to view my expression of the tune.

Select Download to access a pdf of the music and tabs.