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This is a simple but catchy reel from the well-known Gaelic-speaking Coolea region of Co. Cork. The old dancing masters would surely have liked it.
B3 c | d2 ed B2 AG | EA{/B} AG AAGB | d3 e dB AG |
EG GA G2 Bc | d d2 e dBAG | EA{/B} AG A2 GB | d2 ed B2 AG |
EGGA G2 Bd || g2 fg edBd | ea ab ag ef | g2 fg edBd |
ea af gd ef | g2 fg ed Bd | ea ab agef | gg fg ed Bd |
e a2 f g/f/g fe || d3 e dB AG | EA{/B} AG A2 GB | d d2 e dB AG |
EGGA G2 Bc | d2 ed B2 AG | EA{/B} AG A2 GB | d d2 e dB AG |
EGGA G2 Bd || g2 fg ed Bd | ea ab ag ef | g2 fg ed Bd |
ea af gdef | g2 fg ed Bd | ea ab agef | g2 fg ed Bd |
e a2 f g/f/g fe || d d2 e dBAG | EAAG A/B/A GB | d d2 e dB AG |
EGGA G2 Bc | dd ed B2 AG | EAAG A2 GB | d3 e dB AG |
EGGA G2 Bd || g2 fg ed Bd | eaab agef | g-gfg edBd |
eaaf gdef | g2 fg ed Bd | eaab agef | g2 fg ed Bd |
ea af g4- | g4 |