Hess 190 / 207 Variants, Alternative and Excluded Versions of Folk Songs from Various Countries
Hess 198 – From the 12 Irish Folk Songs, No. 9.
From the 12 Irish Folksongs, No. 9. Autograph: Conservatoire of Paris, Beethoven Ms. 24 No. 2. Copy: 29 IV. [Now located at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. According to C/F, p. 214, this is a first version (first draft) of Oh, Would I Were (to a text by William Smyth); it was replaced by WoO 154 No. 9. Composed in February 1812.]
