The Navvy On The Shore reel

Also known as Navvy On The Line, The Navvy On The Line, The Navvy’s Farewell, The Navy On The Shore, Péarla Na gCluainte, The Pride Of Cloontia, The Pride Of Cluinte.

There are 24 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Midsummer’s Night (a few times),
Greig’s Pipes (a few times) and
Twilight In Portroe (a few times).

The Navvy On The Shore appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Navvy On The Shore has been added to 12 tune sets.

The Navvy On The Shore has been added to 151 tunebooks.

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Three settings

Five comments

This tune is from an old collection which I am unable to identify (no title pages etc).

The Navvy On The Shore

Misnamed on the Bothy Band’s 1st album as The Navvy On The Line. The real Navvy On The Line is a completely different tune - a James Hill hornpipe also on the database @ https://thesession.org/tunes/4376

There’s a nicer setting of this tune here: https://thesession.org/tunes/6193

The Navvy On The Shore, X:2

Some combination of the previous setting, settings here https://thesession.org/tunes/4857 transposed to Dmaj, and Rawlins Cross recording:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhxxlj0VKP0

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The Navvy On The Shore, X:3

Same as version 1 with less ornementation

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