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The Blessings Of Silver reel

By Ed Reavy

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

The Blessings Of Silver appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Blessings Of Silver has been added to 11 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Blessings Of Silver
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmin
G/A/||BdBF DGGF|(3D=EF CF DFCF|DGGA Bcdg|g^fdg fdcA|
Bdce dcBA|DGBG ^FDCA,|DGGA Bcdg|^fdcA G3:|
g|bga^f gfdc|=Bcd=e fdcd|bga=e f2 ge|fdcA BGGg|
(3bag (3ag^f gfdc|=Bcd=e fefa|gbag ^fag=e|1 =fdcA BGG2:|2 =fdcA BGG2||
2
X: 2
T: The Blessings Of Silver
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmin
A|BdBG DG{A}GF|(3DFD CF DFCF|DG~G2 Bcdg|{a}gfdg fdcA|
Bdc_e dcBA|(3GAB AG FDC_E|DG~G2 Bcdg|fdcA G3:|
g|bg~g2 (3agf dc|(3A=Bc d=e ~f2fa|_bg~g2 f2gd|fd {cd}cA _BGGg|
bg~g2 (3agf dc|(3A=Bc d=e ~f2fa|gbag f2gd|fdcA BGG:|
3
X: 3
T: The Blessings Of Silver
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amin
|:cecA EAAG|E2 DG EGDG|EA A2 cdea|a^gea ^gedB|
ced=f edcB|(3ABc BA GED=F|EA A2 cdea|gedB A3:|
|:ea a2 aged|(3Bcd ef g3d|ea a2 g2 ef|gedB cAAf|
ea a2 aged|(3Bcd ef g3d|eage d2 ef|gedB cA A2:|
# Added by JACKB .
4
X: 4
T: The Blessings Of Silver
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:G3A Beed|B2 Ad BdAd|BEED GABe|e^dBe ^dBAF|
GBA=c BAGF|(3efg fe dBA=c|BEED GABe|dBAF E3:|
|:Beef edBA|(3FGA Bc d3A|Beef g2 fe|dBAF GEEc|
Beef edBA|(3FGA Bc d3A|BedB A2 Bc|dBAF GEED:|
# Added by JACKB .

Six comments

Re: The Blessings Of Silver

Yes indeed The Blessings of Silver…by Ed Reavey…and composed for his Best friend and fellow fiddler Louie E.Quinn from Camly South Armagh..They were neighbours Ed living in Maudabawn in Cavan…they never met in Ireland but became firm friends in U.S.A.
The tune was composed for Louie and his wife Marys 25th Silver Wedding anniversary..sometime in the early 1970s…Louie promoted Eds tunes unendingly….when he came to Ireland..as he did at least bi-annually all the Dublin Musicians had him go to their sessions to play the latest Reavey composition….we got them a week later in South Armagh…Later he helped with the publishing of Eds tunes..their styles of playing were quite similar…and Ulster in their style….I sometimes see some little bowshakes and runs in Eds tunes which remind me of my uncles playing….A lot of the Reavey tunes are called by Quinn names ….eg.Quinn of Armagh ..the lovely hornpipe…thank you

Re: The Blessings Of Silver

Wonderful. Thanks very much. Certainly, this has to be one of the most beautiful tunes ever written.

The Blessings Of Silver, X:2

As played by Seán Heely with some variations:
mes. A1 (and/or A4) : (3Bcd BG DG{A}GF|
mes. A1 : B2BG DG{A}GF|
mes. A7 : (3D=FG GA B2g=e|
mes. B2 : (3A=Bc d=e fcaf|
mes. B2 : =Bcd=e ~f2fa|
mes. B1 : [bB]g~g2