Annotation:Black Water Fall (The)

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X:1 T:Black Water Fall, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Alexander – Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1825, No. 5, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|!segno!BG G/G/G G2 Gc|Bdef gdec|BG G/G/G G2 GB|AGFG ABcA:|| Bddd d2 dc|Bdef gdec|Bd d/d/d d2 dB|AGFG ABcA| Bd d/d/d d2 dc |Bdef g2 ab|bgaf gedB|AGFG ABcA!segno!!D.C.!||



BLACK WATER FALL, THE. AKA and see "Bantry Bay Reel." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was entered as "Bantry Bay Reel" in the mid-19th century music manuscripts (vol. 4, p. 13) of County Cork Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.



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Printed sources : - James Alexander (Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes), c. 1825; No. 5, p. 3.

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