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Queen Of The Fairies

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 23rd 2010 by PipersWineFiddler.

This tune has been added to 41 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Queen Of The Fairies
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|: AG | E2 A2 AB cd | e2a2 g3 d | (3efe d2 (3cdc B2 | ABAG E2 D2 |
E2 A2 AB cd | e2a2 g3 d | e2 de g2 de |1 B2 A2 A2 :|2 B2 A2 A2 AG ||
|: E2 A2 c2 A2 | e3 B cBAG | E2 G2 D2 G2 | E2 DE GEDB |
E2 A2 c2 A2 | e3 d cBAG | E2 DE G2 B2 |1 c2 A2 A2 AG :|2 c2 A2 A2 ||

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Queen Of The Fairies sheetmusic
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Not sure about the key

This is a lovely hornpipe that can be played slowly with some swing. It is on Bohola's #4, tune #3. I play it on the fiddle. Not sure if I got the key right, though, I am not very good at that.

Holger

# Posted on January 23rd 2010 by PipersWineFiddler

Forgot to give the source of this ...

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/Q.htm

# Posted on January 24th 2010 by PipersWineFiddler

Not sure about the key

Looks like A dorian

# Posted on January 24th 2010 by orpharion

...hear Her Majesty's royal consort at:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/475
(King Of The Fairies )

# Posted on January 26th 2010 by birlibirdie

Larry Redican

Liz Carroll said at at New York concert in the 1980s that this was one of Larry Redican's compositions.

# Posted on February 21st 2010 by blarneystar

I have added Chords...

I like this tune quite a bit, works well on uke. I added chords for those that want them, here's the ABC:

X: 1
T: Queen Of The Fairies
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
|: AG |"Am"E2 A2 AB cd |"C"e2a2"G"g3 d |"C" (3efe "G"d2 "C"(3cdc "G"B2 |"Am"ABAG E2 D2 |
"Am"E2 A2 AB cd |"C" e2a2 "G"g3 d |"C" e2 de "G"g2 de |1 "Am"B2 A2 A2 :|2 "Am"B2 A2 A2 AG ||
|:"Am" E2 A2 c2 A2 |"Am" e3 B cBAG | "C"E2 G2 "G"D2 G2 |"C" E2 DE "G"GEDB |
"Am"E2 A2 c2 A2 |"Am" e3 d cBAG | "C"E2 DE "G"G2 B2 |1 "Am"c2 A2 A2 AG :|2 "Am"c2 A2 A2 ||

# Posted on October 1st 2010 by banjouke

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