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| Accuracy | Spot checked |
| Depth | Basic |
| Readability | Acceptable |
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| Theme code Index
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13H1H2H 7472H
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| Composer/Core Source
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Ed Reavy
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| Region
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Ireland
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| Genre/Style
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Irish
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| Meter/Rhythm
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Reel (single/double)
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| Key/Tonic of
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D
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| Accidental
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2 sharps
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| Mode
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Ionian (Major)
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| Time signature
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2/2
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| History
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| Structure
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AA'BB'
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| Editor/Compiler
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Joe Reavy
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| Book/Manuscript title
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Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
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| Tune and/or Page number
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No. 68, pp. 74-75
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n.d.
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X: 1
T:The Drover's Journey Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt
N:should be remembered. He drove his herds across the cold,
N:dark fields of that ancient land much as his father did
N:before him. A part of that story is told beautifully
N:in Padraic Colum's poem "The Drover."
K:D
D (3gfd dfed | cAGA cdec | dcAG FGAE | FEDB, CA,G,B, |
A,2 DE =FD=CD | =FEFG A^cde | (3fga gf dcAF |1 GE=cG EDCE :|2
GE=G EDD^c || d2 ad bdad | (3ddd ag efge | d2 ad bdad |
=cAGA cdec | d2 ad bdad | (3ddd ag efge | abag efge |
dB=cG EDD^c || d2 ad bdad | (3ddd ag efge | d2 ad bdad | =cAGA cdec |
d2 ad Adad | (3ddd ag efge | abag efge | dB=cG EDCE ||
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