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A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter"A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter~2004620004002054200602624626060Tenor Banjo~46200040020542024000Tenor Banjo=45025224504006405420602624064200Tenor Banjo462000405420542024000Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 171Notes:"Moderate"
ABC notation source
X:171
T:A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter
N:"Moderate"
B:O'Neill's 171
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:A
E AA|F2 GE AA|(~A>c) ee "~"f(e/>d/)|c>B AA (G/A/)(B/G/)|~(E>F) GE (G/A/)(G/A/)|
F2 (GE) AA|~A>c ee "~"f(e/>d/)|(c>B) (AB/>c/) AA|A2- A||
.c .d.e|(f>d B).B .c.d|(e>c A)(A/G/) F.A|d>c BA (G/A/)(B/G/)|"="~E>F {A}G(F/E/) AA|
F2 GE AA|(~A>c) (ea) (g/f/e/d/)|c>B .A(B/c/) AA|A2- A||
FAQ

Questions about A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter

  • A Sailor and a Farmer's Daughter is in A, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Moderate. 88% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.