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It was a popular place for holding dances in the old tradition. Ed was not much of a dancer, but he went along just the same in hopes that an "odd good player might be manning the fiddle."

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Jig One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement major G 6/8 Has notes text No chords explore more...

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X: 78
T:The Crossroads Dance
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:It was a popular place for holding dances in the old
N:tradition. Ed was not much of a dancer, but he went along
N:just the same in hopes that an "odd good player might be
N:manning the fiddle."
K:G
e/2f/2 \
| gfe dcB | A2E E2F | GFG DEF | G2D D2f \
| gfe dcB | A2E E2F | GFG DEF | G3 G2f |
|| gfe dcB | e2E E2F | GFG DEF | G2D D2f \
|  gfe dcB | e2E E2F | GFG DEF | G3  G2A |
|: B^cd efg | dcB A2B | cBA a2g | fdf gdB \
| GBd gfg | dcB A2B | cBA a2g |1 fdf g2A :|2 fdf g2f :|

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