Annotation:Sailors on Shore
X: 10444 T: SAILOR SET ON SHORE C: %R: reel B: Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" Part 1 1842 p.44 #4 S: http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Musician's_Companion_(Howe,_Elias) Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 K: Gm % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |:\ BAGF DGGB | AFcF dFcF | BAGF DGGA | BABc dgga | bgaf gdde | fdcB AFF2 | BAGF DGGA | BdcA BGG2 :| |:\ G2g2 gagf | F2f2 fgfd | E2g2 G2ga | bgaf dgga | bggf gdde | fdcB AFF2 | BAGF DGGA | BdcA BGG2 :| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SAILORS ON SHORE. AKA and see "Eileen Curran (1)," "Lady Dalrymple," "Lady Hamilton Dalrymple," "Sailor's Return (1)," "Sailor Set on Shore," Sailors Set on Shore." Irish (originally), American; Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The cognate reel "Paresis" is based on this tune. However, the melody began as a Scottish strathspey called "Lady Hamilton Dalrymple" AKA "Lady Dalrymple."