Exile (The)

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Theme code Index	5L347L 5L31H7
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Ed Reavy
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Joe Reavy
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 50, p. 52.
Year of publication/Date of MS	n.d.
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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