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Theme code Index	51H57 4242
Also known as	Misses is Sick (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	ABAB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	no. 1264, p. 237
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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T:Misses is Sick, The
T:Ships are Sailing [1], The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:A version of “Ships are Sailing”
S:Daniel Kelleher
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 37)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing 
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach 
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls 
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been 
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from 
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in 
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher 
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions 
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901.  According 
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the 
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s N:collection.
F:http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
(Be)ed (Bc)dB|(AF)GB (AF)EF|D2 (DE) (FE)FA|(Be)ef (gf)ed|
(Be)ed (Bc)dB|(AF)GB (AF)EF|D2 (DE) (FE)FA|(Be)ef e2d2||
g2 ga (ga)bg|(af)gf (ef)ge|g2 ga (ga)bg|(af)df e2 ef|
g2 ga (ga)bg|(af)gf (ef)ge|g2 ag f2 gf|e2 ef (gf)ed||

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T:Ships are Sailing [1] (The)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 237, no. 1264
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:Em
Beed B^cdB|AD (3FED AD (3FED|E^DEF GFGA|1Beef gfed:|2Bee^d e2||
(ef)|gfga bgeg|fefg afdf|gfga bgeg|af^df e2(ef)|
gfga bgeg|fefg afdf|g2ge f2fd|e^def gfed!D.C.!|]

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T:Ships are Sailing [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Edor
|:Beed BcdB|A2FD ADFD|E^DEF GFGA|Beef gfed|
Beed BdcB|AD (3FED ADFD|E^DEF GFGA|Bee^d e4:|
|:gfga bgeg|fefg afef|gfga bgeg|afdf e2ef|
gfga bgeg|fefg afef|g2bg f2af|edef gfed:|

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