X: 1
T:Tubber Fair
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Synge told us of the things of this world the
N:world of "Red Dan Sally's ditch and drinking
N:in Tubber Fair." Being a fiddler of sorts himself,
N:John would have relished this little jig in G.
N:He would have thought it a fitting tune to
N:be played at Tubber Fair.
K:G
G/2A/2 | BGA B2 f | gef gfe | BdB AGA | BGE EFG | BGA B2 f | gef gfe |
BdB AGA | BGF G2 A || BGA B2 f | gef gfe | BdB AGA | BGE E2 F |
GEG FEF | EFG B^cd | edB AGA | BGF G2 e/2f/2 || gba gfe | Bd^c def |
g2 f gfe | Be^d e2 f | gbg faf | gfe def | gfe BcA | BGF G2 e/2f/2 |
gba gfe | Bd^c def | gbg afd | Be^d e2 f | gbg faf | gfe def | gfe BcA | BGF G2 ||
TUBBER FAIR. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer biography:Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The title comes from a reference by Synge to “Red Dan Sally’s ditch and drinking in Tubber Fair.”
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 94, pp 105-106.
