Farewell to the Creeks

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Theme code Index	5345 3152
Also known as	Banks of Sicily
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Pipe Major James 'Pipie' Robertson
Region	England, Scotland, United States
Genre/Style	Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Donna Hébert (Hines)
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Grumbling Old Woman (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 20
Year of publication/Date of MS	1981
Artist	Biography:Will Atkinson
Title of recording	Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic TSCD 669
Year recorded	1998
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Score ()

X: 1
T: Farewell to the Creeks
R: jig-time pipe march
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Scots Guards p.95 #188
N: The WWI ballad "Banks of Sicily" is based on this pipe march.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
   g | d2B BAB | cde d2c | Bcd GBd | dcB A2g|
       d2B BAB | cde d2c | Bcd dcB | A3  G2 :|
   d | dBd gfg | ede cBc | Bcd GBd | dcB A2d|
       dBd gfg | ede cBc | Bcd dcB | A3  G2 ||
   d | dBd gfg | ede cBc | Bcd GBd | dcB A2g|
       d2B BAB | cde d2c | Bcd dcB | A3  G2 ||
|: A | Bz2 c3  | d2B BAG | c2e B2d | dcB A2G|
       Bz2 c3  | d2B BAG | Bcd dcB | A3  G2 :|
|: d | g2d e2g | d2e dBG | c2e B2d | dcB A2d|
       g2d e2g | d2e dBG | Bcd dcB | A3  G2 :|

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