The Drover's Journey Home

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The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt should be remembered. He drove his herds across the cold, dark fields of that ancient land much as his father did before him. A part of that story is told beautifully in Padraic Colum's poem "The Drover."

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X: 68
T:The Drover's Journey Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt 
N:should be remembered. He drove his herds across the cold, 
N:dark fields of that ancient land much as his father did 
N:before him. A part of that story is told beautifully 
N:in Padraic Colum's poem "The Drover."
K:D
D (3gfd dfed|cAGA cdec|dcAG FGAE|FEDB, CA,G,B,|
A,2 DE =FD=CD|=FEFG A^cde|(3fga gf dcAF|1GE=cG EDCE:|
2GE=cG EDD^c||d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|d2 ad bdad|
=cAGA cdec|d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|abag efge|
dB=cG EDD^c||d2 ad bdad|(3ddd ag efge|d2 ad bdad|
=cAGA cdec|d2 ad Adad|(3ddd ag efge|abag efge|
dB=cG EDCE||

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