Miss Edwards reel

Not a reel but another beautiful tune by Carolan. You can certainly hear the Baroque influence on this tune. Carolan was one of the first musicians to incorporate the popular music of his day into the music he was writing and playing. There is a very similar classical piece called ‘Gavotte in D’ by Handel.

Called “Mrs.” (Not Miss) Edwards and in key of F (according to Ossian Publications "The Compleat Collection of Compositions of Carolan - Tune no. 45)

X: 1
T: Miss Edwards
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
V:1
“D”dcde d2 A2 | “D”dcde f2 ed |“A” edef e2 B2 |“A”edef g2 fe |
V:2
f2 f2 f2 f2 | a4 a2 gf | e2 e2 e2 e2 | e4 g2 fe |
V:1
“D”f2 fe defd | “G”B2 e2 “A”c2 Bc | “D”dcBA BAGF | “A”E2 EA GFED |
V:2
d2 de fedd | B2 e2 cd/c/ Bc | d4 gfed | cd/c/ Bc d4 |
V:1
“D”F2 d2 cBcd | “A”e2 c2 ABAG | “D”FGFE D2 D2 | “D”D4 D3z ||
V:2
d2 B2 B2 cd | e2 c2 FGFE | FGFE D2 D2 | D4 D3z||
V:1
a2 fe d2 d2 | cdec A2 A2 | B/A/B/c/ dB G2 G2 | c/B/c/d/ ec A2 A2 |
V:2
f4 f3 g | a4 a3f | g4 g3 g | a4 a3e |
V:1
afge dfaf | gdBd cdec |dBGB Addd |cefe d/c/d/c/ BA |
V:2
a2 g2 f2 d2 | d2 e2 e2 ef | g2 g2 f2 g2 | a4 c2 BA |
V:1
Aaaa fedc | Bggf edcB |Adce dfeg |f/g/a Ac d4 :|
V:2
Aaaa fedc | Bggf edcB | Ad cB/c/ dABe | d2 cB/c/ d4 :|