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 Theme code Index    51H53 51H3H6
 Also known as    Funny Reel (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Bulmer & Sharpley
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Music from Ireland vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 39
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1974
 Artist    Biography:James Keane
 Title of recording    Roll Away the Reel World
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Green Linnet GLCD 1026
 Year recorded    1980
 Media    
 Score   ()   


CROSSING THE SHANNON. AKA and see "Funny Reel (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: Frank McCollam (Ballycastle, County Antrim) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 39. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 176, p. 48.

Recorded source: James Keane (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irish Traditional Music Tune Index [1]


X: 1
T:Crossing the Shannon
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
A~d3 AdFd|A~d3 fdBd|A~d3 AdFd|AGFD EFGB|!
A~d3 AdFd|A~d3 fdBd|Adfa gefa|gece d2FG:||!
A~d3 fage|fage edBd|A~d3 AdFd|AGFD EFGB|!
A~d3 fage|fage edBd|Adfa gefa|gece d2fg:||


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