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The Steampacket
Found in t.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
X:17247
T:The Steampacket
R:Reel
S:Paddy Canny, Clare (fiddle)
D:Home tape of unknown provenance
M:4/4
N:As played
Z:Bernie Stocks
H:The 'dc' in bar 6 is a heavily leant on slur. This seems to be a feature
H:of local fiddle playing, often a 'dB' phrase.
H:The timing of the 'g' rolls in part 2 is perfection itself.
H:Long 'f's are slides
K:C
~G3c AGFG | AG~G2 Ad{e}dc | AcGc AFDE | FEFG Ad{e}dc |
AG~G2 AGFG | AG~G2 A2dc | AcGc AFDE | F2zG ABcA ||
dg~g2 ag~g2 | dg{a}ge fdcA | dg~g2 ag~g2 | ~d3e fdcA |
dg~g2 ag~g2 | abag f3g | (3ag^f {a}ge fdcA | d^cde fdcA ||
Alternative sources for this tune:
- www.ceolas.org/pub/tunes/abc.tunes/Book4/0011
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/ceolas.org/Book4/0011
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/gradcenter.marlboro.edu/abc/Book4/Steampacket/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/st/Steampacket_1/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file/14249
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