Bay of Biscay O (The)

X:1 T:Bay of Biscay O, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:"Quick and spirited" S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 329 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|Addf d2 Bc/d/|e>f a/g/f/e/ d2 cA|Addf a>f dd/e/|fdec d2|| d>c|BAGF E3 e|e>f g/f/e/d/ d{c/e/d/}c AB/c/|d2 Bc/d/ e2 de/f/|a/g/f/g/ fe d2 z||

 BAY OF BISCAY O, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time, "Quick and spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The Bay of Biscay is an area of the Atlantic west of France and north of Spain, famous for its storms. "Bay of Biscay O" was a song by Andrew Cherry (1762-1812), a playwright and actor on the London stage who was the son of a Dublin printer and bookseller. It begins: Loud roars the dreadful thunder, The rain a deluge show'rs; The clouds are rent asunder By lightning's vivid pow'rs; The night was drear and dark; Our poor devoted bark Till next day, there she lay, In the Bay of Biscay, O! Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 329, pg. 57.

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