Rory O'Moore (1839)

A version of the well-known comic/romantic ballad "Rory O'Moore" was published in Philadelphia in a setting for voice and "Spanish guitar" (1839). Link to the page on the Library of Congress site: link. Each verse has two parts, with essentially the same cadence. The first half of verse 1 is shown below, followed by the cadence to the second half. Given the strong focus on ^5 (and the interval frame ^1-^5) throughout each verse-half, a Schenkerian-style ascending Urlinie ^5-^6-^7-^8 is easily heard. The run upward to an accented high note in the cadence, then octave drop, produces an effect not unlike that of the familiar and quicker "Scotch snap" figure.