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X:1
T:The Orphan
L:1/8
M:6/8
C:Trad arr. © 2022 Ben Paley
N:I learnt this tune, like so much, from the great anglo concertina player Mandy Murray in
N:Brighton. It's not hard to find great versions of it on the internet. There's a lot of
N:variation in how it finishes: here, I've included an alternative last line which represents
N:another way of thinking about the tune. Maybe you could think of it as a variation, even, just
N:don't play them both the same time through the tune or you'll end up with too many bars! I've
N:notated the whole tune without repeats in order to include more variation, as it's that kind of
N:tune, but it's still essentially AABB.
O:Ireland
Q:3/8=99
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
K:Em
P:A
[| EFE EDB, | GFG A2A | BcB ABA | GEF EDB, |
A,2E EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E2B, |
B,2E EDB, | GFG AGA | BdB ABA | GEF EDB, |
A,3 EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]
P:B
[| e3 dBA | GAB d2d | e2e dBA | BAG EGE |
DAG EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED EGB |
e3 dBA | GAB d2d | e/f/ge dBA |
BAG EGE | DAG EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]
P:Alternative last line
BAG EDB, |A,3 EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]