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Molly On The Shore

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 22nd 2004 by jakki S.

This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Molly On The Shore
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
B/A/|:GEDB cABA|(3GAG BG AGEF|GEDB cABA|1(3GAG BG A2GB/A/:|2(3GAG BG A2Gd||
gfgd ecdB|(3GAG BG AGEd|gfgd ecdB|(3GAG BG A2Gd|
gfgd ecdB|(3GAG BG AGEF|GBAc Bdce|dBGB A2G2||

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Molly On The Shore sheetmusic
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This is a reel I first heard arranged into a piano piece by Percy Grainger, then later in an orchestral version. I believe it to be Irish - it could exist under another name (?)

# Posted on October 22nd 2004 by jakki S

A major

I think its probably easier (on the fiddle) in A.

# Posted on October 22nd 2004 by jakki S

Ed Reavy wrote a (much better) three part reel by this name but this isn't it!

# Posted on October 27th 2004 by Geoff Pollitt

So post it then...

# Posted on November 2nd 2004 by jakki S

Highschool orchestra...

My highschool orchestra played this a few years back and it was simply amazing.. I love this piece

# Posted on June 18th 2005 by soon2bd2god

its amazing as an orchestral arragement. the fiddles an flutes get a wonderful part. very integral :)

# Posted on August 26th 2007 by aurelai

Molly on the Shore

Percy Grainger got this tune from Stanford's edition of "The Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient Irish Music", where it is Tune No 902 and described as a Cork reel.

# Posted on October 5th 2007 by lazyhound

Molly on the Shore - Ed Reavy

Just happened upon Ed Reavy's transcription to this tune. The structure's a bit interesting, it's AABBAACC with an alternate A part the second time through:

X: 53
T:Molly on the Shore
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:300
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Fritz Kreisler once recorded a setting
N:of this popular tune. Ed re-wrote the first
N:two parts and added an original third
N:part. That third part is one of his
N:finest compositions.
K:G
|GF|:DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF|DGGB d^cde|1=fd=cd AGG^F:|2=fd=cd AGGA||
||dg (3gfg afgf|dfcf dfcf|dg (3gfg afgf|d=fcd AGGA|
dg (3gfg afgf|dfcf dfcf|(3bag (3agf gfde|=fdcA G2 G^F||
|:DGGB dcAG|D=FCF DFCF|DGGB d^cde|1=fdcd AGG^F:|2=fdcA AGGA||
||g3 a fe^fa|gfga fdcf|gfga fgag|^fdcd AGGA||
||g3 a fe^fa|gfga =f2 ga|(3_bag (3agf gfde|=fdcA G2||

-From 'The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy'.

# Posted on January 10th 2010 by mrkelahan

Molly on the Shore

I may have posted this question already, but here it goes.

Does anyone have ideas for a set featuring Molly on the Shore? I know Percy Grainger used Temple Hill (Temple Rise) with it. Is there anything else that might work?

# Posted on March 14th 2010 by whistleandmando

Re: Molly on the Shore

try the corner house

# Posted on March 14th 2010 by lydalu

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