Beside the Harbour

 X:1 T:Beside the Harbour T:Cois taoibh a chuinn M:C L:1/8 R:Air N:&quot;Moderately&quot; S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Dmix AG|FEFG A>B A/G/F/A/|G>{AG}FGA c2 dc|A2 A>B AGFA|G3F D2AG|FEFG A>B A/G/F/A/| G>{AG}FGA c2 dc|A2 A>B AGFG|A6 DE|FEFG A>B A/G/F/A/|G>{AG}FGA c2 dc| A2 A>B cdeg|=f3 e dc e2|d>cAG =FE D2|EDEG A2 GE|D DG E2 DE|D4D2|| (6A/2B/2c/2d/2e/2g/2|=f4 g2 fg|a4 z2 ^F2|G3F D2 DE|D4 z2 (6A/2B/2c/2d/2e/2g/2| =f4 g2 fg|a6 ^F2|GFGc A2A2|A6 d/e/f/g/|agab a>b a/g/f/a/|(g2 {a/g/f/}g)a gbag| (=f2 {g/e/}f)e d>efd|d>c A(3GFG A3 (3A/B/c/|d2 d>c de=fe|d>cAG A2 AB| c>dcA cd=fe| d>cAF G2 d/c/A/G/|=FEAG F2 ED|EDEG A2 GE|D2 DG E2 DE|D4 D2||

 BESIDE THE HARBOUR (Cois taoibh a chuinn). Irish, &quot;Piece.&quot; D Mixolydian/D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. &quot;When I learned this tune from the singing of my grandmother, about 1850, she was then 90 years of age: and she told me that she learned it by hearing it played on the violin by her grandmother. There is a setting in Stanfor-Petrie: but the version I give here is considerably different, and is, I think, much finer. This was a &quot;Piece,&quot; i.e. an instrumental tune somewhat longer and more elaborate than the ordinary 2- or 3- Part airs&quot; (Joyce).

Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 71, pp. 38-39. __NORICHEDITOR__