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 Theme code Index    4H64H5H 4H64H2H, 3565 3542
 Also known as    Castle Reel (2), First Cup (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Bulmer & Sharpley
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music from Ireland vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 17
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1974
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Dick Gossip's R:reel N:Sometimes played with the parts in the opposite order B:Whistle and Sing by Eamonn Jordan Z:Thomas Keays M:C| L:1/8 K:D ef|gB (3BBB gBaB|gB (3BBB gfed|(3cBA eA fAeA|(3cBA ed cdef| gB (3BBB gBaB|gB (3BBB gfed|cdef gece|dfec d2:| AG|F2 AF BFAF|F2 AF GFED|E2 EF GFED|EDEF GFED| F2 AF BFAF|F2 AF GFED|A2 AB cABc|dfec d2:||


X: 1 T: Castle Reel [2] R: reel N: The parts are played in either order O: trad Ireland N: Origin unknown. "Dick Gossip" was 19th C UK slang for a man who liked to talk. B: the Gunn MS B: BSFC X-22 B: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, Vol. 1, No. 17 B: Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 1, p. 1 D: Flying Fish FF-250, Battlefield Band - "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981) D: Wild Asparagus 003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990) Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 E: 6 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/reel0/Dick_Gossips_Reel-D-32-3.abc K: D de \ | "D"f2af gfed | "D"f2af gfed \ | "A"e2ef gfed | edef gfed \ || "D"f2af gfed | | "D"f2af gfed | "A"cdef gece \ | "D"df"A"ec "D"d2 :: ef \ | "G"gB ~B2 gBaB | "G"gB ~B2 gfed | "A"(3cBA eA fAeA | (3cBA ef gfef \ || "G"gB ~B2 gBaB | "G"gB ~B2 gfed \ | "A"cdef gece | "D"df"A"ec "D"d2 :|