Annotation:Boat is on the Shore (The)
X:1 T:Boat is on the Shore, The S:Leonard-Kernan MS (c.1844-1850) of Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford M:2/4 L:1/8 R:March Z:Transcribed by Conor Ward K:C d>d|cG EG|c3 B/c/|dd/d/ dd|d>e dc/d/|ee/e/ ee| ef e/d/e/d/|cc B/c/d/B/|c3||c/B/|AA Bc|d>c Bc/B/| AA Bc|d3 c/B/|AA Bc|dd/d/ cc/c/|BB/B/ AA/A/| GG z||G|cc/c/ cc|c3G|cG EC|GG zG| cc/c/ cc|c3 e|d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|G/A/B/c/ d/e/f/d/||
BOAT IS ON THE SHORE, THE. AKA - "My Boat is on the Shore." AKA and see "Brass Nuts," "Grand Old Duke of York (The)," "Quadrille Set No. 1 - Figure 5 (Finale)." Irish, English; March (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Irish researcher Conor Ward finds the melody in a few 19th century musicians' manuscripts from County Longford, Ireland, in versions very similar to Peter Kennedy's "Grand Old Duke of York (The)." It was entered into the Leonard-Kernan manuscript (c. 1844-1850) of Abbeyshrule, Co. Longford, with the title "The Boat is on the Shore," while a quite similar version, remarks Ward, appears in the Patrick O'Farrell manuscript (c. 1860-1880) of Aughadowry, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford as "My Boat is on the Shore" (set a tone higher, in the key of 'D').
