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Theme code Index
5165 247L5L
Also known as
Favorite Hornpipe (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra
Meter/Rhythm
Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
USA(New England)
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
p. 150
Year of publication/Date of MS
1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
BELLES OF SOUTH BOSTON . AKA and see "Favorite Hornpipe (2) ." American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. South Boston--'Southie'--has had a long history as an Irish enclave.
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes ), 1940; p. 113. Ryan's Mammoth Collection , 1883; p. 150.
X:1
T:Belles of South Boston
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
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d/B/c/A/ G/g/f/e/ | e/d/d/d/ d/g/f/e/ | d/B/c/A/ B/G/A/F/ | GBG :: (c/B/) | (B/A/)A/A/ A/D/F/A/|(e/d/)d/d/ d/g/d/B/|(B/A/)A/A/ A/D/F/A/|(e/d/)d/d/ d(b/a/) |
g/b/f/a/ e/g/d/f/ | c/e/B/d/ A/c/G/B/ | A/c/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | GBG :||
