'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING

X: 21414
T: 'TWAS WHEN THE SEAS WERE ROARING
O: Old ballad air.
Q: "Slow."
%R: air, march
B: W. Hamilton "Universal Tune-Book" Vol. 2 Glasgow 1846 p.141 #4
S: http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/itma.dl.printmaterial/book_pdfs/hamiltonvol2web.pdf
Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Added dot to final G in each strain, to fix the rhythm.
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: Gm
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dc |\
B2G2 G2FG | B4 c2Bc | d2B2 c2BG | F4 d2c2 |\
B2G2 G2FG | B2B2 c2Bc | d2B2 cBG2 | G6 |]
de |\
f2d2 d2cB | c2c2 d2Bc | d2G2 (GF)(DE) | F4 B2A2 |\
G2G2 G2FG | B4 c2Bc | d3B cBG2 | G6 |]
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Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Hamilton/HUTB2-1846-V2/0880
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Hamilton/HUTB2/21414_Twas_When_the_Seas_Were_Roaring/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Hamilton/HUTB2/HUTB2-1846-V1/0878
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/Hamilton/HUTB2/HUTB2-1846-V2/0880

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