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Thread #68619   Message #1157328
Posted By: Pied Piper
08-Apr-04 - 07:43 AM
Thread Name: Rocky Road to Dublin question
Subject: RE: Rocky Road to Dublin question
The tune is very similar to "Cam ye o'er frae France" only in 9/8 instead of 3/2.
Quite a few tunes exist as both 3/2 Hornpipes and Slipjigs, and I suspect that there was a drift of melodic ideas away from 3/2 to 9/8 in the late 18th century.
PP