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Theme code Index
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5L347L 5L31H7
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Also known as
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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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G
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Accidental
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1 sharp
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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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AABB
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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. 50, p. 52.
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Year of publication/Date of MS
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n.d.
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Artist
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Title of recording
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Record label/Catalogue nr.
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Year recorded
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Media
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Score ()
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Exile (The): Annotations
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T:The Exile
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The sad gaiety of this tune celebrates the longing of the exile for his
N:native home. No one quite understands the irony of a happy farewell
N:as well as the poet in Frank O'Connor's translation from the Irish:
N:What happier fortune can one find,
N:Than with the girl who pleases one's mind;
N:To leave one's home and friends behind
N:And sail on the first favoring wind.
K:G
FE | DGBd cAFA | DGBd g2 fg | afdf gfed | ^cdBG FGAF |
DGBG B,DFA | GABd c2 Bc| (3dcB (3cBA fdBd | cAFA G :||
ef | g2 bg fgaf | ^cdeg fddf | eccB cde^c | defd =cAFA |
g2 dg bgdg | fed^c defg | (3agf (3gfe BABd | cAFA G :||
Exile (The): Annotations