Sixpence (The)

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 Theme code Index    6632 556L1
 Also known as    It is not the tear this moment shed
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    One part
 Editor/Compiler    Smollet Holden
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:A Collection of Old Established Irish Slow & Quick Tunes vol. 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 7
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1805
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Sixpence, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Smollet Holden - Collection of Favorite Irish Airs (1818) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G Bd|efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 dB Ac BA|G4 G2:| |:GA|B3d g2 fg|agfg Te3d|Bdef g3f|Te4 d2 Bd| efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 dB AcBA|G4 G2:|]


X:1 T:Sixpence, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"With expression" B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 79, p. 40) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F (Ac)|(dedc A2) (GA)|c2 (c2D2) (FG)|(A2 c).A (GBAG)|(F3 {AG}F2) (Ac)| (dedc) (A2 {BA}G).A|.c2 (c2D2) (FG)|(A2 {BA^GA}c).A (=GB) {B}(AG)| (F4 {AG}F) z (FG)|(A3c f2) {gf}(ef)|(gfef) .d2 (cB)|(Ac).d.e (f3e)| (d4 c) z (Ac)|(d_edc) (A2 {BA}G).A|.c2 (c!fermata!D) (FG)|(A2 {BA^GA}c).A (=GBA).G|F6||


X:1 T:Sixpence, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Smollet Holden - Collection of favourite Irish Airs (London, c. 1841; p. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd|efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 eB Ac BA|G4 G2:| |:GA|B3d g2 fg|agfg Te3d|Bdef g3f|Te4 d2 Bd| efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 dB AcBA|G4 G2:|


X:1 T:Sixpence, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 23, p. 6) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd|(ef)ed B2AB|d2d2E2GA|B2 dB (Ac)BA|G4 Gz Bd| [ce]-fed [G2B2] AB|d2d2E2 GA|B2 dB (Ac)BA|G4 G2|| GA|(B3d) g2 fg|(ag)fg e2 dc|(Bdef) (g3f)|(e4d2) Bd| (e=fe).d B2 (AB)|d2d2E2 (GA)|B2 dB (Ac)BA|G2 G2||


X:2 T:Sixpence, The M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Moderate" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 386 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bd|efed B2 AB|d2d2 E2 GA|B2 dB AcBA|(G4 G2)|| GA|B3d g2 fg|agfg e2 dc|Bdef g3f|e4 d2||


X:1 T:Sixpence, The T:It is not the tear M:C L:1/8 S:Walker (1924) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb |:GB|c_dcB G2 FG|B2B2C2 EF|G2 BG FAGF|E4 E2:| EF|G3B e2 de|fede c2 BA|GBcd e3d|c4 B2 GB| c_dcB G2 FG|B2B2C3 EF|G2 BG FAGF|E4 E2||