Annotation:Tinker Cart (The)
X: 56 T:Tinker Cart, The R:reel C:Ed Reavy M:2/2 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:This is Ed's setting of an old tune that is seldom heard today. It's one N:of those lovely slow reels that has the right touch in the most N:important spots. Ed's "fixing" of it in this setting makes it a truly N:superb fiddle tune. K:G D | GABd cAFG | AGGF GABc | (3dcB AG FGAc|BGAF GFED| GABd cAFB AGGF GBdg|fdcA FDEF |1 AGGF GDEF :|2 AGGF G2 Bd || gage fgfd | (3cBA Bc dcdf | gage fgfd | (3cBA dB c2 ef | gage fgfa | gfed ^cdfg | (3bag fd cAFG | AGGF G2 Bd || gage fgfd | (3cBA Bc dcdf | gage fgfd | (3cBA dB c2 ef | gage fgfa | gfed ^cdfg | (3bag fd cAFG |1 AGGF GDEF ||
TINKER CART, THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. A traditional “slow reel” set by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988).
