Annotation:Big Willie's Wedding
X: 1 T:Big Willie's Wedding R:Hornpipe C:Ed Reavy M:4/4 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Willie was a sight to behold and his wedding was N:not in the grand tradition. But everyone N:in Barnagrove loved Big Willie. F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/by/Ed_Reavy/Reavycom.abc K:D FE | DAFA DAFA | BGEd cAFA | fdAf gece | dfed (3cBA (3GFE | DAFA DAFD | A,CEF GECE | DFAc Bdce | d2 dc d2 :| ed | cdeg fdcd | fgaf bged | cBAB cdef | gbed (3cBA (3GFE | DFAc BGEd | cAFA fdAf | gecA ^GAce | d2 dc d2 :|
BIG WILLIE'S WEDDING. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Big Willie was a character in Barnagrove, County Cavan, where Reavy grew up. Ed's son Joseph says that Willie was a "sight to behold" and did not marry "in the grand tradition."