Swans among the Rushes

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 Theme code Index    1H2H1H6 46L25L
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB, AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Joe Reavy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 82, p. 90
 Year of publication/Date of MS    n.d.
 Artist    
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 Score   (1)   



X: 2 T:Swans among The Rushes R:Jig C:Ed Reavy M:6/8 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Ed loved to watch their flight and see them N:"paddle in the cold companionable streams or N:climb the air." He watched them, too, when N:they laid their eggs among the rushes in the lake N:waters near the family farm in Barnagrove. K:G f | gfg agf | gdB e2 d | cBc EFG | AGE D2 B, | DGB BAB | dcB cBc | fed cAF | GBA G3 :|| Bcd efg | fdf ecA | GBd eag | fdf g3 | Bcd efg | fdf ece | fef agf | gba g2 :||


X:1 T:Swans among the Rushes M:6/8 L:1/8 C:Ed Reavy R:Jig K:G gfg agf | gdB e2d | cBc EFG | AGE DB,C, | D2B BAB | dcB c2e | fed cAF |1 AGF GBd :| AGF G2A || Bcd efg | f2f ecA | GBd eag | fef g2g | Bcd efg | f2f ecA | fef agf |1 gba g2d :| gba gef ||