the Rocky Road to Dublin

X: 411
T: the Rocky Road to Dublin
R: slip-jig, hop-jig
%S: s:5 b:20(4+4+4+4+4)
B: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) #411
Z: Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F: http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/tunes/ireland/oneill-1001/0411/oneill-1001-0411-1.abc
% According to Phil Taylor (http://rbu01.ed-rbu.mrc.ac.uk/barflystuff/barflypage.html)
% this tune is played in A minor (without the sharps for the fs)
% It might be a typo in O'Neill, but it seems more likely that
% performance practise has changed since the book was published.
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Amix	% and/or Am
|: efe    d2B A2A | E2A    A2A Bcd | efe    d2B A2c | B2A G2A Bcd :|
[| e2a {b}a2f g2b | e2a {b}a2A Bcd | e2a {b}a2f g2e | d2B G2A Bcd ||
|  e2a {b}a2f g2d | e2a {b}a2A Bcd | efg    fga gfe | d2B G2A Bcd |]
[| ecA    ecA A2a | ecA    ecG Bcd | ecA    ecA a2c | d2B G2A Bcd ||
|  ecA    ecA A2a | ecA    ecA Bcd | efg    fga gfe | d2B G2A Bcd |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/slipjig/Rocky_Road_to_Dublin_411-A-24-5/0000

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