X: 1
T:Never Was Piping So Gay
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
Z:transcribed by Bil 3/00
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Never Was Piping So Gay. The concluding line
N:of O'Driscoll's refrain in Yeats' poem, the
N:Host of the air. O'Driscoll dreamed that
N:his wife Bridget was taken by the Host
N:as he was playing harmlessly at cards with
N:"the merry old men." When O'Driscoll
N:awoke from his dream,all that remained of the
N:dream was the strange unearthly sound of a pipe
N:piping away in the distant air-
N:"And never was piping so sad, And
N:never was piping so gay."
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