Old Cameronian (The)

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 Theme code Index    5156 57L16
 Also known as    Cameronian Reel (3) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    F
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    IRELAND(Ulster)
 Structure    One part, AA'B
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Joe Reavy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    No 74, p. 81
 Year of publication/Date of MS    n.d.
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Old Cameronian (The): Annotations

X:1
T:Old Cameronian, The
R:Reel
S:John Doherty
Z:First time through tune; second and third similar but have some
Z:variations; transcribed by Larry Sanger
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
cF F/F/F cFdF|cFEF CFAc|BG^FG DGBG|[1 DGBd c_BAB:|[2 DGBd c_BAG||
Fffg fdcA|FAfg fdce|dg^fg bgag|dg^fg bgag|
dcde fdcA|Ffeg fde^f|g/a/g dg g/a/g dg|bgag fafd||
X:2
T:The Old Camerionian
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed's setting of a very old tune. Just how much he altered the reel
N:over the years is hard to say now. Some of his later compositions are
N:traceable to the fine strains of this old tune.
K:F
A=B | cF (3FFF cFAF | cF (3FFF cFAc | =BGG^F GABc | dG (3GGG dcA=B | 
cF (3FFF cFAF| cF (3FFF cFAc | =BGG^F GABc | dG (3GGG dcAG | 
Ffeg fdcA | Ffeg fdcA | Gg^fa gbag | =fage fedc | 
Ffeg fdcA | Ffeg fdcf | egcg ^fade |1 =f2 ag fed=B :|2 =f2 ag f2 ||

Old Cameronian (The): Annotations