Blackrock Shore (The)

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Theme code Index	3H1H1H3 4427L
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Composer/Core Source	Biography:Ed Reavy
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Joe Reavy
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 110, p. 123.
Year of publication/Date of MS	n.d.
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<abc float="left"> X: 1 T:The Blackrock Shore R:Hornpipe C:Ed Reavy M:4/4 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Aunt Ann used to sing the N:Maid of the Blackrock Shore, and N:she never missed a verse. Ed recalls part N:of the song, but these lines stuck in him memory: N:For seven long years N:I waited on the maid N:from the Blackrock Shore. N:Ed loved the old songs that were sung by the people of his region. K:D g|fedc dAFA|GFGF EDCE|DFAF EGBG|FAdf gfed| fefd gfec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|1 EDCE D3 z:|2 EDCE D2 EF|| GFED CEA,C|DFAc d2 cd|edef gfga|bgec dAFA| dfaf bgec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|1 EDCE D2 EF:|2 EDCE D3||

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BLACKROCK SHORE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The tune was named for the song "Maid of the Blackrock Shore," which Reavy remembered from his Aunt Ann's singing when he was a boy.

Printed source: Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 110, p. 123.

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