Meeting of the Waters (Waltz), The

X:12
T:Meeting of the Waters (Waltz), The
T:Sweet Vale of Avoca
C:Thomas Moore, 1807
C:traditional melody % Air: The Old Head of Dennis
Q:"Andante tranquillo" % (tempo marking from 1895 edition of The Irish Melodies)
M:3/4
L:1/4
R:Air
K:Amaj
S:O'Farrell : Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
S:Thomas Moore, "The Irish Melodies," (1895 edition)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Z:melody: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Meeting_of_the_Waters_(1)_(The)
Z:lyrics: https://www.libraryireland.com/Irish-Melodies/The-meeting-of-the-waters-1.php
Z:chords: https://www.irishmusicdaily.com/meeting-of-the-waters-lyrics-and-chords
"A" e/2>d/2 | cBA | "D" AFE | "E7" E>FA | "A" A>Bc |
w:There is not in the wide world a val-ley so sweet as that vale
"D" dd c/2B/2 | "A" BcA | ecA | "E7" B2 B/2c/2 |
w:vale in whose_ bo-som the bright wa-ters meet. Oh! the
"D"dd c/2B/2 | B "A" cA | ecA | "E7" B2 A/2B/2 |
w:last rays of_ feel-ing and life must de-part ere the
"A" c>BA | "D" GF>E | "E7" EF "D" A | "E7" Hd2 d/2c/2 |
w:bloom of that val-ley shall fade from my heart. Ere the
"A" BcA | "D" A>FE | "E7" EF "D" A | "A" A2 || 
w:bloom of that val-ley shall fade from my heart.

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