Annotation:Sword in Hand
X:1 T:Sword in Hand, The R:Reel Z:Yuval D:Bothy Band: Out of the Wind, Into the Sun M:C| K:Edor G2BG FGAF|EBBA BGEF|G2BG FGAc|1 d2AG FDEF:|2 d2AG FDDg|| |:f2ec dBAF|EBBA BGEg|f2ec dBAF|1 G2AG FDDg:|2 G2AG FDEF||
SWORD IN (THE) HAND, THE (An Claíomh i Láimh). AKA and see “Round/Around the World for Sport (2),” “Cork Lasses (The),” “Conlon's Dream,” “Conolon's Dream,” "Little Pig Lamenting the Empty Trough (The)," "Sally on the Shore." Irish, Reel. E Dorian (Alewine): E Minor (Breathnach). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Breathnach): AA'BB' (Alewine). Source Brogan also called the tune “The Little Pig Lamenting the Empty Trough.” “The Cork Lasses” title is from the Goodman Manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. Bulmer & Sharpley print it under the title “Conolon’s Dream,” from fiddler Sean McGuire. “The Kerry Reel [3]," from Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann IV (No. 112) is a version of “The Sword in Hand.” See also the related “Rambler in Cork.” Finally, “The Breast Knots” shows similarities with this tune. Source for notated version: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach].
