18 The Southern Breeze - Belfast Harp Orchestra Live in Downpatrick 1993

18 The Southern Breeze

Vocal: Terence Blackburn

This lyrical song, the tune of which is well known among traditional musicians today as the ‘Western Wind’, was set by Edward Bunting in his “Ancient Irish Music” of 1809 where he attempted to emulate Thomas Moore’s success at setting the old tunes to new texts.