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the Fairy Dance
Found in Fairy_Dance_956-A-16-3.abc
from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
X: 986 T: the Fairy Dance T: rinnce na si\.deog. N: aka Largo's Fairy Dance %D: 1802 C: Nathaniel Gow (1802) O: Scotland R: reel %S: s:3 b:12(4+4+4) B: Francis O'Neill: "The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) #986 N: Although O'Neill includes this tune in the "miscellaneous" N: section, it's usually played as a reel. N: The tune is anonymous in O'Neill. N: Other sources suggests it was written by Nathaniel Gow. Z: Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com F: http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/tunes/gow-nathaniel/oneill-1001/0986/oneill-1001-0986-1.abc N: Layout of 4+8 bars revised to 6+6 to make it look better. [JC] M: C L: 1/8 K: A "^A"[|] (ed) \ | c2cA c2c(A | dc)BA GABd | c(Bce) dcBA | GEFG A2 :| "^B"\ [| (cd) | e2ec f2f(e | dc)df e2(ed) | cBce dcBA | GEFG A || ||(Bcd) | efe(c fg)fe | d(cdf) e2d2 | cBc(e dcB)A | G(EFG) A2 |]
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