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