Rocky Road to Dublin (1)

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 Theme code Index    541 5L12
 Also known as    Rocky Road (2) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Dorian
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB, AABB, AABB', ABC, AABC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:P.M. Haverty
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 33, p. 13
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1858
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
The Rocky Road to Dublin

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Image: Antique Sheet Music Collection: Along The Rocky Road to Dublin
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The rocky road to Dublin



X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1], The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:"Allegretto" B:The Dublin Magazine (April, 1841) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Edor B>A A>D D>z|B>A A>D (3FGA|B>A A>D F>z|G>E E>F (3EFG| B>A A>D D>z|B>A A>D (3FGA|B>A A>D F>z|G>E E>F (3EFG|| A>e e>d =c>z|A>e e>d (3=cde|A>e e>d =c>z|c>D D>D (3=FGA| A>e e>d =c>z|A>e e>d (3=cde|A>e e>d =c>z|=c>D D>D (3FGA||


X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1], The M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:"Lively" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 33, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin B>G A>F E2|B>E E>E (F/G/A)|B>G A>F E2|A>D D>D (F/G/A):| |:B>e e>^c d2|B>e e>d (B/c/d)|B>e e>^c d2|{c}d>D D>D (F/G/A):|]


X:1 T:Rocky Road, The T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:"Moderately Quick" B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 3, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e2c {e}d2B A3|E2A A2B c2d|e2c {e}d2B A2c|B2G G2A Bcd| e2c {e}d2B A3|E2A A2B c2d|e2g ^f2a g2e|d2B G2A Bcd:| |:e2a {b}a2^g g3|e2a {b}a2^f (g2e)|e2a {b}a2^f (g2e)|d2B G2A Bcd| e2a {b}a2^f g3|e2a {b}a2^f g2a|b2g {b}a2^f g2e|d2B G2A Bcd:|]


X:1 T:Rocky Road, The T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent., County Cork, p. 82) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=85&z=1261.0445%2C1285.6768%2C6828.0439%2C4135.8025 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador efe d2B A2G|E2A A2A Bcd|efe d2B A2c|B2A G2A Bcd:| |:e2a aba g2f|e2a a2g efg|e2a aba g2e|d2B G2A Bcd:|]


X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1], The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 92, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Edor B2-A A2-D D3|B2-A A2-D (FGA)|(B2A) (A2D) F3|(G2E) (E2F) (EFG):| |:(A2e) (e2d) =c3|(A2e) (e2d) (=cde)|(A2e) (e2d) =c3|(=c2D) D2D (=FGA):|]


X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1], The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 75. Carolan ms. 1, No. 227. K:G (Bc)d|:e3 (dcB) A2f|(e2A) A3 (Bc)d|e3 (dcB) A2c|(B2G) G3 (Bc)d| (e2d) (c2B) A2f|(e2A) A3 (Bc)d|(e2d) (c2B) A2c|(B2G) G3 (Bc)d:| |:e3 (agf) g2f|(e2a) (a2g) f2d|e3 (agf) g2e|(B2G) G3 (Bc)d| e3 (agf) g2f|(e2a) (a2g) f2d|(e2g) (f2a) g2e|(B2G) G3 (Bc)d:|


X:2 T:Rocky Road, The T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 548 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e2c d2B A3 | E2A A2B c2d | e2c d2B A2c | B2G G2A Bcd | e2c d2B A3 | E2A A2B c2d | e2g ^f2a g2e | d2B G2A Bcd | e2a a2^g a3 | e2a a2f ged | e2a a2f g2e | d2B G2A Bcd | e2a a2g g3 | e2a a2^f g2a | b2g a2^f g2e } d2B G2 A Bcd ||


X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin Irish Jig M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:A.S. Bowman – “J.W. Pepper Collection of Five Hundred Reels, Jigs, B:etc.” (Phila., 1908, No. 451, p. 91) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D e2d cdB A3|e2c A2c Bcd|e2d cdB A3|dBG G2A Bcd:| |:e2a a2f g3|e2a a2A Bcd|e2a a2f g3|dBG G2A Bcd:|


X:1 T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 K:Ador ege d2B A2G|E2A A2B c2d|ege d2B A2c|B2G G2A Bcd:| |:e2a a2f g3|e2a a2f ged|e2a a2f g2e|d2B G2A Bcd:|]