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Theme code Index	115 536
Also known as	Come Over the Stream to Charlie, Come O'er the Stream to Charlie
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	3/4
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 153, p. 27.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

CROSSING THE STREAM. AKA and see "Come Over the Stream to Charlie." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Originally a Scottish air, it is now disseminated widely, sometimes employed as a waltz. The "Come O'er the Stream to Charlie" title comes from words set to the tune by Scottish poet James Hogg.

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 153, p. 27.

X:1
T:Come Over the Stream to Charlie
T:Crossing the Stream
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 153
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G2|G3B d2|d2B2e2|d2B2g2|d2B2A2|G3 B d2|d2B2 GE|D2 B2A2|G4:|
d2|g3f g2|e3f g2|e2 a3g|(f2d2) d2|g3f g2|e2d2c2|B2A2G2|d4 B2|
c3d c2|B2d2g2|edcBAG|(B2 A2) d2|g3 f e2|d2g2e2|d2g2f2|g4||

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-'''CROSSING THE STREAM'''. AKA and see "Come Over the Stream to Charlie." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.
+'''CROSSING THE STREAM'''. AKA and see "Come Over the Stream to Charlie." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Originally a Scottish air, it is now disseminated widely, sometimes employed as a waltz. The "Come O'er the Stream to Charlie" title comes from words set to the tune by Scottish poet James Hogg.
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