Come to Your Tay

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Theme code Index	1H1H56 1H1H3H2H
Also known as	Sailor's Jacket (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James S. Kerr
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Merry Melodies vol. 2
Tune and/or Page number	No. 288, p. 31
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1880's
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COME TO YOUR TAY. AKA and see "The Sailor's Jacket." Irish, Scottish; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also similarly structured tunes "P.J. Conlon's," "Kitty in the Lane [1]," "The Ballinafad Reel [1]," "Jenny Picking Cockles," "Take Her Out and Air Her [2]." The tune also appears to be a version of the County Donegal Highland "Ora Stor a' Ghra," according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 288, p. 31. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 52.

X:1
T:Come to Your Tay
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d2 (dc) A2 (Bc) | d2 (de) fdec | dedB A2 (AB) | =cAGE (ED) D2 | d2 (dc) A2 (Bc) | 
d2 (de) fdec | d2 (dc) A2 (AB) | =cAGE (ED) D2 :: d2 (fd) adfd | ceAe cAeA | 
d2 (fd) adfd | faae fdec | d2 (fd) adfd | c2 (ec) gefg | abag fdec | eaag fdec :||