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Theme code Index
1H4H1H3 3724
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Biography:Ed Reavy
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB'
Editor/Compiler
Biography:Joe Reavy
Book/Manuscript title
Book:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
Tune and/or Page number
No. 89, p. 99
Year of publication/Date of MS
n.d.
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score (1 )
X: 1
T:The Swallow's Nest [2]
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed could not explain why certain tunes became
N:jigs and not reels or hornpipes. His simple
N:retort was:
N:"I guess a jig was just meant to be a jig."
K:D
A/2c/2 | dcd gdc | dAG FED | FAd cAF | E=cE GFE |
DFA dAF | EGB efg | f/2f/2df gec | edc d2 :|
|: f/2g/2 | a<ba fdf | gag ecA | fef gfg | ecA GFE |
DFA dAF | EGB efg |1 f/2f/2df geA | edc d2 :|2 f2 f gec | edc d2 :||