Annotation:Tubber Fair
X: 1 T:Tubber Fair R:jig C:Ed Reavy M:6/8 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Synge told us of the things of this world the N:world of "Red Dan Sally's ditch and drinking N:in Tubber Fair." Being a fiddler of sorts himself, N:John would have relished this little jig in G. N:He would have thought it a fitting tune to N:be played at Tubber Fair. K:G G/2A/2 | BGA B2 f | gef gfe | BdB AGA | BGE EFG | BGA B2 f | gef gfe | BdB AGA | BGF G2 A || BGA B2 f | gef gfe | BdB AGA | BGE E2 F | GEG FEF | EFG B^cd | edB AGA | BGF G2 e/2f/2 || gba gfe | Bd^c def | g2 f gfe | Be^d e2 f | gbg faf | gfe def | gfe BcA | BGF G2 e/2f/2 | gba gfe | Bd^c def | gbg afd | Be^d e2 f | gbg faf | gfe def | gfe BcA | BGF G2 ||
TUBBER FAIR. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer biography:Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The title comes from a reference by Synge to “Red Dan Sally’s ditch and drinking in Tubber Fair.”
