Cuilcagh Mountains (The)

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 Theme code Index    127L4L 1257
 Also known as    Caoilte Mountains (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Ed Reavy
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Ed Reavy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 39, p. 41
 Year of publication/Date of MS    n.d.
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CUILCAGH MOUNTAINS, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The Cuilcagh Mountains are a small remote range in County Cavan, the source of the river Shannon.

Printed source: Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 39, p. 41.


X:1
T:The Cuilcagh Mountains
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The origin of the majestic Shannon is in this small remote mountain
N:range in Cavan. Ed took pride in this and for that reason called his
N:first book of tunes: Where the Shannon Rises.
K:G
DF |: G2 AG FDCD | G2 Ac defg | agfa gfdc | (3ABc AG FGAF | 
G2 dG FDCF | G2 Ac defg | agfa gfdc |1 AGFA G3 F :|2 AGFA G3 f || 
g2 ag fdcd | =fefg ^fdcd | fgag fdcA | GBAF DG G2 | 
gfag fdcd | cdfa g2 fg | agfa gbag | =fefg ^fdcA ||


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