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Theme code Index	532 534
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	ABBCC, AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Morris/Maurice Hime
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 24
Year of publication/Date of MS	1804
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

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T:Rakes of Westmeath [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f9.image
B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never 
B:Before Printed with Basses, vol. 1 (Dublin, 1804; No. 24)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d3 dAG FED|d3 dAF G2E|ABc dAG FGA|=cBc E2F G2E:|
|:d2g fdf ece|d2g fdf g2e|d2g fdf ece|=cBc E2F G2E:|]


X:1
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T:Rakes of Westmeath [2], The
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F/G/ | A2d FDF EGE | A2d FDF G2E | A2d FDF EGE | c3 EGE G2E :|
|: d2d fed ecA | d2d fed g2e | d2d fed ecA | c3 EFE G2E :| 
|: ABc dAG FDF | ABc dAF G2E | ABc dAG FDF | c3 EFE G2E :|]

X:1
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T:Rakes of Westmeath [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
N:Parts reversed from other versions.
B:O'Flannagan - The Hibernia Collection (Boston, 1860, p. 8)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d3 dAG FED|d3 dAF G2E|ABc dAG FGA|^cBc E2F GFE:|
|:d2g fdf ece|d2g fdf g2e|d2g fdf ece|=cBc E2F GFE:|

X:2
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T:Rakes of Westmeath [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F/G/ | A2d FDF EGE | A2d FDF G2E | A2d FDF EGE | c3 EFE G2E | 
A2d FDF EGE | A2d FEF G2E | A2d FEF EGE | c3 EGE G2E | 
|:d2d fed ecA | d2d fed g2e | d2d fed ecA | c3 EGE G2E :|
|: ABc dAG FEF | ABc dAF G2E | ABc dAG FEF | c3 EGE G2E :|]

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