Fairy Dance

Tune annotations

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X:1
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T:Fairy Dance
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:W.M. Cahusac's Annual Collection of 24 Country Dances for 1809, No 4 (London, 1809)
N:"With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at
N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys." 
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B2 BG|B2 BG|B2 BG|FDAF|B2 BG|
cBAG|FDEF|G4:||:d2 dB|e2 ed|
c2 cA|d2 dc|B2 BG|E2 cA|FDEF|G2 G2:||

X:2
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T:Fairy Dance
C:G. Swaine Buckley
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Buckley’s New Banjo Method (1860, p. 21)
N:A minstrel banjo setting of Gow’s “Largo’s Fairy Dance”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
cc/e/ cc/e/|cc/e/ dBBe|cc/e/ dBBe|FG Az:|
|:e/e/ (3e/e/e/ ff|(3d/B/B/ (3B/G/B/ e>d|c/>c/ (3e/c/A/ (3d/B/B/ (3e/B/G/|(3F/E/E/ (3e/B/G/ AA,:|]

X:3
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T:Fairy Dance
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f2fd f2fd|f2fd cAeA|f2fd gfed|1 cABc d2de:|
[2 cABc defg||:a2af b2ba|gfge a2ag|1 fefd B2 e>d|
cABc defg:|2 fefd Bged|cABc d2D2||

X:4
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T:Fairy Dance, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f2fd f2fd|gfed cdeg|f2fd gfed|cABc d2d2|
f2fd f2fd|gfed cdeg|fafd gfed|cABc defg||
a2af b2bf|g2ge a2 ag|f2fd gfed|cABc defg|
a2af b2bf|g2ge a2 ag|fagf gfed|cABc d2d2||

X:5
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T:Fairy Dance, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", 
S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Fefd fefd|fefd cecA|fefd (3fga ed|cABc d2 df:|
|:a2 af b2 bf|gfge a2 ag|fefd (3fga ed|cABc d2d2:|]

X:1
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T:Fairy Dance
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Galwey - Old Irish Croonauns (1910, No. 4, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
[A2f2] (f>d)|f2 (f>d)|[A2f2] (f>d)|c>A e>c|f2 (f>d)|
g>fe>d|(c>A)(e>c)|d2D2::a2 a>f|b2 b>a|(g>f)g>e|
a2 a>g|f2 f>d|TB2 (g>e)|c>AB>c|d2 df|
{f}a2 a>f|{ga}b2 b>a|{a}g>fg>e|{^g}a2 a>=g|
{g}f2 f>d|B2 (g>e)|(c>A)(B>c)|[F2A2d2]z2||

X:6
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T:Fairy Dance, The
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:Country Dance
B:T. Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish
B:Waltz etc. for the Violin, n.d. (c.1923), no. 49
Z:R. Greig 2010
K:D
f2(fd) f2(fd)|f2(fd) ecAe|f2(fd) gfed|cABc d2d2:|
|:a2(af) b2(ba)|g2(ge) a2(ag)|f2(fd) gfed|cABc defg|
(a^g).a.f (ba).=g.f|(gf).g.e| (ag).f.e| (fe).f.d (gf).e.d|cABc d2d2:|]

X:7
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T:Fairy Reel, The (Irish version)
R:reel
Z:Philippe Varlet
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
~B3 A GBdB|{d}cBAG FGAc| BG~G2 cBAg|fdaf {a}gedc|
~B3 A GBdB|{d}cBAG FGAc| BG~G2 cBAG|1 FDEF G3 A :|2 FDEF GABc||
|:~d3 g e3 d|cA A/A/A d3 c|BG~G2 cBAg|fdaf {a}gfge|
~d3 g e3 d|cA A/A/A d3 c|BG~G2 cBAG|1 FDEF GABc :|2 FDEF G4||

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