Thady the Toiler

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 Theme code Index    3H1H1H5 4235
 Also known as    Nottingham Swing
 Composer/Core Source    Stephen Grier
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Polka
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/4
 History    IRELAND(Connaught)
 Structure    ABC
 Editor/Compiler    Stephen Grier
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection Book 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 243
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1883
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Thady the Toiler M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka (?) N:A version of the triple-time “Nottingham Swing,” AKA “King of N:the Cannibal Islands.” B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 2, No. 243) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. K:D e|fe dc|dB AF|GF/G/ EE|FG AF|GB BA/F/|AB/c/ dc/d/|eA AB/c/|d2d|| e|ff fd|ff f2|ff gf|ee e2|ee ed|cd eg|fe/d/ cd/B/|A2 AB/c/|| dd cA|Bc d2|dd cA|Bc d2|e2f2|e2f2|aA AB/c/|d2d2||