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Theme code Index	1L3L15 4747L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Ed Reavy
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AA'B, AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Joe Reavy
Book/Manuscript title	Book:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
Tune and/or Page number	No. 3, p. 3
Year of publication/Date of MS	n.d.
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X:1
T:Never was Piping so Gay
C:Ed Reavy
R:reel
D:Stockton's Wing: Live
M:C|
K:G
G,2B,D GBdB|cafd cAFA|G2BG DGBG|AF~F2 AcBA|
G2BG DGBc|dged ^cdef|~g3d ^cdBG|1 FGAF GEDB,:|2 FGAF G2Bd||
|:~g3d ^cdBG|DGBd cAFA|GBBA BABc|dged ^cdef|
~g3d ^cdBG|DGBd cAFA|BG~G2 cA~A2|1 BdcA G2Bd:|2 BdcA GEDB,||

X: 2
T:Never Was Piping So Gay
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:reel
N:The concluding line of O'Driscoll's refrain in Yeats' poem, "The Host
N:of
N:he air".
N:O'Driscoll dreamed that his wife Bridget was taken by the Host as he
N:was
N:laying harmlessly at
N:cards with "the merry old men." When O'Driscoll awoke from his dream,
N:all that remained of the dream was the strange unearthly sound of a
N:pipe
N:piping away in the distant air- "And never was piping so sad, And
N:never was piping so gay."
Z:Joseph Reavy
K:G
DB,||:G,2 B,D GBdB|cafd cAFA|G2 BG DGBG|AF (3FFF dFcF|
G2 BG DGB,D|Aafd ^cdef|gfgd cBcA |1FGAc BGDB,:|2FGAc BG G2||
gfgd  ^cdBG|FGBd cAFA|GB (3cBA BcdB|cafd ^cdef | 
gfgd ^cdBG|FGBdcAFA|BG (3GGG AF (3FFF|BdcA G4||
gfgd ^cdBG|FGBd cAFA|GB (3cBA BcdB|cafd ^cdef|
gbaf gd^cd|BGFG cAFA|BG (3FFF AF (3FFF|BdcA G2||

X:3
T:Never Was Piping So Gay
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
S:Brian Conway
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G,2 (B,D) GBdB | caf(d cA)FA | G2 BG DGB,G | AF (3FFF dFAF | 
G2 BG DGB,G | Aaf(d ^cd)e(f|{a}gf)gd ~c3A |1 FGAF G2 DB, :|2 FGAF G2 ||
|: Bd | ~g3(d ^cd)BG | DGB(d cA)FA | G(B{c}B)A Bc (3dcB | caf(d ^cd)ef |
|1 ~g3(d ^cd)BG | DGB(d cA)FA | B~G3 A(DF)A | d(B{d}cA) GABd :|
|2 gb (3agf g(d^c)d | BGDG cAFA | B~G3 A(DF)A | d(B{d}cA) G2 DB, ||

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