Exile (The)

X:1 T:The Exile R:Reel C:Ed Reavy M:2/2 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:The sad gaiety of this tune celebrates the longing of the exile for his N:native home. No one quite understands the irony of a happy farewell N:as well as the poet in Frank O'Connor's translation from the Irish: N:What happier fortune can one find, N:Than with the girl who pleases one's mind; N:To leave one's home and friends behind N:And sail on the first favoring wind. K:G FE | DGBd cAFA | DGBd g2 fg | afdf gfed | ^cdBG FGAF | DGBG B,DFA | GABd c2 Bc| (3dcB (3cBA fdBd | cAFA G :|| ef | g2 bg fgaf | ^cdeg fddf | eccB cde^c | defd =cAFA | g2 dg bgdg | fed^c defg | (3agf (3gfe BABd | cAFA G :||

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