Annotation:Town of Cootehill (The)
X: 1 T:Town Of Cootehill, The R:jig C:Ed Reavy M:6/8 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Ed's own town in Cavan, just a short distance from his N:native village, Barnagrove. He was amazed at how little N:the town had changed when he visited there in '69 - N:"Only the lane where the fish was sold has N:changed," he remarked. "It's still the same old Cootehill." K:F FAc faf | ece gfe | bgf ece | gfe fcA | FEF Acf | eGA BAG | Adc BGE | FGF F3 :|| Acf Acf | dBB B2 A | GBd GBd | ecc cde | faf ebg | ece gfe | fcA BGE | FGF F3 :||
TOWN OF COOTEHILL, THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Cootehill is the town nearest the village of Barnagrove, County Cavan, where Reavy was born. Reavy revisited the place in the late 1960's and thought it little changed from his boyhood.
