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WHERE THE SHANNON RISES. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. Composed by Philadelphia, Pa./County Cavan fiddler Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy’s son Joseph notes that Ed was “proud to recall that the majestic Shannon rose in his county.”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 1, p. 1.

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