Beside the Harbour

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Theme code Index	3355 447b1H
Also known as	Cois taoibh a chuinn
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	P.W. Joyce
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 71, pp. 38-39.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1909
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BESIDE THE HARBOUR (Cois taoibh a chuinn). Irish, "Piece." D Mixolydian/D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "When I learned this tune from the singing of my grandmother, about 1850, she was then 90 years of age: and she told me that she learned it by hearing it played on the violin by her grandmother. There is a setting in Stanfor-Petrie: but the version I give here is considerably different, and is, I think, much finer. This was a "Piece," i.e. an instrumental tune somewhat longer and more elaborate than the ordinary 2- or 3- Part airs" (Joyce). Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 71, pp. 38-39.

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