The Merry Sisters
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X:1778
T:Merry Sisters, The
R:reel
H:See also "The Shepherd's Daughter", #315, #721
H:Also in Ador, #865
D:Matt Molloy
D:Paddy Glackin & M\'iche\'al \'O Domhnaill
D:Liam O'Flynn: The Given Note
Z:id:hn-reel-864
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Edor
BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 dAFA | BE~E2 Bdce | dD~D2 FDFA :|
Beec d2ed | Beed BAFA | (3Bcd ec dfed | BABc dAFA |
Beec d2ed | Bdef gfed | Beec dfed | BABc dAFA ||
(3Bcd cd BFAd | BE~E2 BAFA | ~B3d BABc | dD~D2 FDFA |
(3Bcd cd BFAd | BE~E2 GFEF | DEFA dfag | fdec d2cA ||
P:version 2
BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 BAFA | BE~E2 (3Bcd cA | D2 (3FED ADFA |
BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 dAFA | BE~E2 (3Bcd cA | DE (3FED ADFA ||
B2ec d2cA | B2ed BAFA | B2ec d2cA | (3Bcd AB dAFA |
B2ec d2cA | B2ef gfed | B2ec d2cA | B2AB dBAF ||
EdcA B2Ad | BE~E2 BEFA | (3Bcd cA (3Bcd AF | D2 (3FED ADFA |
(3Bcd cA B2Ad | BE~E2 BEFE | DEFA dfeg | fdec d2cA ||
P:version 3
|: BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 BEFA | BE~E2 BdcA | dD~D2 FDFA :|
Beec d2cA | (3Bcd ed BAFA | Beec d2cA | ~B3c dAFA |
Beec d2cA | Beef g2fg | (3agf ge fded | ~B3c dAFA ||
Bdcd (3Bcd Ad | BE~E2 BEFA | Bdcd (3Bcd Ac | dD~D2 FDFA |
BdcA (3Bcd Ad | BE~E2 ~E3F | DEFA dfeg | (3fga ec dBcA ||
About this tune
The Merry Sisters is a nine-part reel in E Dorian, written in C| time. The tune contains about 64 bars and spans from D3 to A4. See also "The Shepherd's Daughter", #315, #721 Also in Ador, #865
ABC notation for The Merry Sisters
BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 dAFA | BE~E2 Bdce | dD~D2 FDFA :| Beec d2ed | Beed BAFA | (3Bcd ec dfed | BABc dAFA | Beec d2ed | Bdef gfed | Beec dfed | BABc dAFA || (3Bcd cd BFAd | BE~E2 BAFA | ~B3d BABc | dD~D2 FDFA | (3Bcd cd BFAd | BE~E2 GFEF | DEFA dfag | fdec d2cA || P:version 2 BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 BAFA | BE~E2 (3Bcd cA | D2 (3FED ADFA | BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 dAFA | BE~E2 (3Bcd cA | DE (3FED ADFA || B2ec d2cA | B2ed BAFA | B2ec d2cA | (3Bcd AB dAFA | B2ec d2cA | B2ef gfed | B2ec d2cA | B2AB dBAF || EdcA B2Ad | BE~E2 BEFA | (3Bcd cA (3Bcd AF | D2 (3FED ADFA | (3Bcd cA B2Ad | BE~E2 BEFE | DEFA dfeg | fdec d2cA || P:version 3 |: BE~E2 BdcA | BE~E2 BEFA | BE~E2 BdcA | dD~D2 FDFA :| Beec d2cA | (3Bcd ed BAFA | Beec d2cA | ~B3c dAFA | Beec d2cA | Beef g2fg | (3agf ge fded | ~B3c dAFA || Bdcd (3Bcd Ad | BE~E2 BEFA | Bdcd (3Bcd Ac | dD~D2 FDFA | BdcA (3Bcd Ad | BE~E2 ~E3F | DEFA dfeg | (3fga ec dBcA ||