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Tune 38 - Keel Row





The Keel Row is a traditional Tyneside folk song evoking the life and work of the keelmen who worked on the keels, large boats that carried the coal on the Tyne and Wear. It was first published in 1770, but may be considerably older.


X:234
T:Keel Row
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
B2 G>B c2 A>c|B2 G>B A>F D2|
B2 G>B c2 A>c|B>GA>F G4:|
B>cd>g e2 d>c|B2 G>B A>F D2|
B>cd>g e2 d>c|B>GA>F G4:

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