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The Steamboat

Also known as: The Good Natured Man

HornpipesKey: GIreland4/4

Sheet music and tabs for The Steamboat

Sheet Music for "The Steamboat"The SteamboatThe Good Natured ManHornpipeTrad. (Ireland)= 160GGCAmD73GGCD7GGAmD7GA7D7GGCD7GTranscription: Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook 2026 (see pghardy.net). Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA licenced.
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About this tune

The Steamboat is a one-part hornpipe in G major, written in 4/4 time. The tune contains about 10 bars and spans from C3 to B4. The source notes it as Ireland.

ABC notation for The Steamboat

(3def | "G"g2bg d2gd | "G"BcdB G2AB | "C"c2ec "Am"A2cA | "D7"FGAB cdef |
"G"g2bg d2gd | "G"BcdB G2AB | "C"cedc "D7"BAGF | "G"A2G2 G2 :|
|: Bc | "G"dBdB g2gd | "Am"ecec a2ag | "D7"fefd "G"gfgb | "A7"agfe "D7"defd |
"G"g2bg d2gd | "G"BcdB G2AB | "C"cedc "D7"BAGF | "G"A2G2 G2 :|

Sheet music source:Paul Hardy's Session Tunebookbrowse the collection

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