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X:1 T:Black Rock [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:March S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G/>A/ | B2 AG E2D2 | GBdB eAAB | cBAG E2D2 | GBdA BG G2 :| |:c Bdd(e/f/) gBdB | eBgB eAAc | Bdde/f/ gBdB | ef/g/dc BGG>c | Bdd(e/f/) gBdB | eBgB eAAc | {c}B2 AG "tr"E2D2 | GBdA BG G2 :||

BLACK ROCK [1], THE. Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kennedy): AABB (O'Farrell, O'Neill). There are numerous 'black rock' placenames in Ireland, in, for example, County Sligo and County Mayo. Peter Kennedy adds 'black rocks' in Cork, Dublin, Louth and Wexford.

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Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Rants & Reels), 1997; No. 7, p. 4. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; p. 83. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 115, p. 64.

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