Lubeen

• Lubeens: "It would not appear as if chorus songs were of early origin, though there is a hint or two of something of the kind in early Irish literature. In the Fenian tales there is occasional reference to the Dord, which would appear to be a concerted cry or chorus, a cry of warning, if not a war cry. And in some of the early Irish airs, such as Tis pretty to be in Ballindery, there is an indication of a chorus. Later on, in Irish and Highland music, we find chorus songs of occupation, called Lubeens amongst the Irish and Luinings amongst the Highlanders. These seem to follow solos and alternate improvised utterances in song, such amoebean contests as we find in the eclogues of Theocritus and Virgil, and in Welsh airs with choruses such as Hob y Deri Dando." - Alfred Perceval Graves, Irish Literary and Musical Studies, Page 182, Elkin Mathews, London (1913)