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| Theme code Index | 3H1H1H3 4427L |
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| Composer/Core Source | Biography:Ed Reavy |
| Region | Ireland |
| Genre/Style | Irish |
| Meter/Rhythm | Hornpipe/Clog |
| Key/Tonic of | D |
| Accidental | 2 sharps |
| Mode | Ionian (Major) |
| Time signature | 4/4 |
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| Structure | AABB |
| Editor/Compiler | Biography:Joe Reavy |
| Book/Manuscript title | Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The) |
| Tune and/or Page number | No. 110, p. 123. |
| Year of publication/Date of MS | n.d. |
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X: 1 T:The Blackrock Shore R:Hornpipe C:Ed Reavy M:4/4 L:1/8 Z:Joe Reavy N:Aunt Ann used to sing the N:Maid of the Blackrock Shore, and N:she never missed a verse. Ed recalls part N:of the song, but these lines stuck in him memory: N:For seven long years N:I waited on the maid N:from the Blackrock Shore. N:Ed loved the old songs that were sung by the people of his region. K:D g|fedc dAFA|GFGF EDCE|DFAF EGBG|FAdf gfed| fefd gfec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|1 EDCE D3 z:|2 EDCE D2 EF|| |:GFED CEA,C|DFAc d2 cd|edef gfga|bgec dAFA| dfaf bgec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|1 EDCE D2 EF:|2 EDCE D3||
BLACKROCK SHORE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The tune was named for the song "Maid of the Blackrock Shore," which Reavy remembered from his Aunt Ann's singing when he was a boy.
Printed source: Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 110, p. 123.
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