Thady the Toiler

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Theme code Index	3H1H1H5 4235
Also known as	Nottingham Swing
Composer/Core Source	Stephen Grier
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History	IRELAND(Connaught)
Structure	ABC
Editor/Compiler	Stephen Grier
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection Book 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 243
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1883
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Thady the Toiler: Annotation

X:1 T:Thady the Toiler M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka (?) N:A version of the triple-time “Nottingham Swing,” AKA “King of N:the Cannibal Islands.” B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 3, No. 243) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. K:D e|fe dc|dB AF|GF/G/ EE|FG AF|GB BA/F/|AB/c/ dc/d/|eA AB/c/|d2d|| e|ff fd|ff f2|ff gf|ee e2|ee ed|cd eg|fe/d/ cd/B/|A2 AB/c/|| dd cA|Bc d2|dd cA|Bc d2|e2f2|e2f2|aA AB/c/|d2d2||

Thady the Toiler: Annotation