The Banks Of The Nile

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 19th 2006 by jlg.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Memoire Celte, Vol. 2 by Broken String
• Right Of Passage by Martin Carthy
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann

X: 1
T: Banks Of The Nile, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
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|:de|fdec dABF|Eeef e2fa|bafb agfe|fgab a2gf|
g3/2a/2b3/2g/2 f3/2g/2a3/2f/2|gfed e2 (3(ABc)|d3/2f/2a3/2f/2 gfeg|f2d2 d2:|

A nice hornpipe, from the recording "Roast Beef of Old England"

# Posted on August 19th 2006 by jlg

Is this is the same tune that Ewan MacColl sang? If so I would say it is a waltz and not a hornpipe.

# Posted on January 6th 2008 by PJMcGorvin