The Congress Reel
Sheet music and tabs for The Congress Reel
About this tune
The Congress Reel is a four-part reel in A Dorian, written in C| time. The tune contains about 32 bars and spans from F3 to A4. It is credited to Joe Mills (Ballinasloe). composed by Joe Mills in 1932, the year of the Eucharistic Congress (the World Eucharistic Congress, held in Dublin in June of 1932), presumably to commemorate that event.
ABC notation for The Congress Reel
eAAG A2 (3Bcd | eaaf gedg | eA~A2 eAcA | BGGF GABd | eAAG ABcd | eaaf gedB | cBcd (3efg ed | cABG A2 (3Bcd :| |: eaag ~a3g | eaag egdg | (3efg dg egdg | eaaf gedg | eaag ~a3g | eaag (3efg dB | cBcd (3efg ed | cABG A2 (3Bcd :| P:Variations: |: eA~A2 ABcd | ea~a2 gedg | eA~A2 eA~A2 | BG~G2 Bcdg | eA~A2 A2 (3Bcd | ea~a2 gedB | c2cd efed | cABG A2 (3Bcd :| |: eaag ~a3g | eaag (3ege dg | (3ege dg (3ege dg | egfa gedg | eaag ~a3g | eaag (3ege dB | cBcd efed | cABG A2 (3Bcd :|