Annotation:Shores of Amerikay (The)

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X:1 T:Shores of Amerikay, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:”Slow” B:Kerr – Merry Melodies vol. 1 (c. 1880, p. 41) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin (cB)|A2A2A2 (GA)|c2c2 d2 (cd)|e2A2A2 (GE)|G6 (cB)| A2A2A2 (GA)|c2c2 d2(cd)|e2 (dc) A2A2|A6|| |:e2|g2e2e2 (dc)|d2d2d2 (cd)|e2A2A2 (GE)|G6 !fermata!(c>B)| AAAA A2 (GA)|c2c2!fermata!d2 (cd)|e2 (dc) A2A2|A6:|]

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SHORES OF AMERIKAY, THE. AKA and see "Star of the County Down." Irish, Scottish; Slow Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. A 19th century Irish ballad (in 6/8 meter) by this title begins:

I'm bidding farewell to the land of my youth and the home I love so well,
And the mountains so grand in my own native land I am bidding them all farewell;
With an achin' heart I'll bid them adieu, for tomorrow I'll sail far away,
O'er the raging foam to seek a home on the shores of Amerikay.