The Navvy On The Shore

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 31st 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 62 tunebooks.

Also known as Navvy On The Line, The Navvy On The Line, Navvy On The Shore.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1975 The First by The Bothy Band
• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• A Selection Of His Music by Dermot Grogan
• Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
• Comb Your Hair And Curl It by Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
• Don't Touch The Elk by Niall Keegan
• Donkey's Years by The Roaring Donkey Sessions
• Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
• Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
• Like The Wind (Ar Nos Na Gaoithe) by John Wynne
• Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
• Navvy On The Shore by Danny Meehan
• Road Map Of Ireland by Tom McGonigle And Robert McGouran
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• Seisiún Ceoil Bhéal Feirste by Various Artists
• The Wild Hills O'Wannie: The Small Pipes Of Northumbria by Various Artists
• Tunnel Vision by Christel Rice

X: 1
T: Navvy On The Shore, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GA|B2ge dBGB|AGAB AGEF|B2ge dBGB|AGAB (3ABA GA|
B2ge dBGB|AGAB AGE2|~g3d edBG|AGFA ~G3z||
(3gfg BA GABd|eBdB GABd|g2BA GABd|eBdB AGE2|
(3gfg BA GA (3Bcd|ed (3cBA GABd|~g3d edBG|AGFA ~G3z||

This tune is from an old collection which I am unable to identify (no title pages etc).

# Posted on December 31st 2002 by lazyhound

The Navvy On The Shore

Misnamed on the Bothy Band's 1st album as The Navvy On The Line. The real Navvy On The Line is a completely different tune - a James Hill hornpipe also on the database @ http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4376.

# Posted on May 14th 2006 by Dr. Dow

There's a nicer setting of this tune here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/6193

# Posted on December 29th 2006 by Dr. Dow