Hills of Old (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H2H63 2315L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Ed Reavy
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    1 flat
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Joe Reavy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 75, pp. 82-83
 Year of publication/Date of MS    n.d.
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
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Hills of Old (The): Annotations


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T:The Hills Of Old
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ireland has no mountains, only high hills. And these
N:hills are older than the centuries of man, and
N:older too than the many tunes he fondly fashions.
K:F
de |fagf dcAF | G2 AG FDCD | FEFG AGFG | cAGc Adde | 
fagb agfe |1 dfec dcAG | FGA=B cdeg | fdec Adde :|
|2 dfec dcAE | FGA=B c2 AF| G=BAG FDDe || 
f2 af Afaf | Afaf gece | f2 af Afaf | gece fdde | 
f2 de (3efe ce | defd cAGA |1 FEDE FGAc | 
fdec Adde :|2 FEDE FGA=B | cAGE D2 ||

Hills of Old (The): Annotations