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The Day We Paid The Rent

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 17th 2008 by gtag.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Day We Paid The Rent, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
ge |:dGBG dGBe | dGBG FGAe | dGBG dGBd |1 efga bage :|2 efga bgg2 ||
bagf gdBd | egdB BAA2 | bagf gdBd | egea g2ga |
bagf gdBd | egdB BAAc | BGdG eGdG | egfa g2 ||

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The Day We Paid The Rent sheetmusic
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The day we paid the rent

http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/18447

# Posted on July 17th 2008 by gtag

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The link isn't of any help, since the thread it refers to obviously has been deleted.

# Posted on July 18th 2008 by Henk Bos

I suspect it was just another asking "what's the name of this tune?" They tend to have a shelf-life limit...

# Posted on July 18th 2008 by ceolachan

Hopefully gtag will add something more here in the comments...

# Posted on July 18th 2008 by ceolachan

The Day We Paid the Rent

E. Galway concertina player Claire Keville recorded this reel citing O'Neill's 1001 as the source. The sleeve notes of "An Tri is a Rian" include a story on her trip to New York: When she played the reel for Jack Coen during her visit to the city, she was informed that J. Coen's father used to play it on the concertina. Flute player Jack Coen, too, is incidentally from E. Galway.

Speaking of Jack Coen, he and his brother Charlie recorded a somewhat similar tune.
The Branch Line (polka): http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3753

To my ear, this reel has a Scottish feel. Perhaps, originally a strathspey?

# Posted on July 19th 2008 by slainte

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