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Tam Lin’ is the popular name for this reel. I got it from listening to Mag McDermott and Jode Dowling, both fiddlers who played with the Clumsy Lovers band in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. I rechristened the tune because it needed to be baptized with a more imaginative name.
G4 A2 | BddB ce ed | Bd dB A/B/A GA | BddB cdef |
ga bg aag{/=f} d | BddB ceed | BddB A/B/A GA | BddB cdef |
ga bg aa gf || ga bg ea af | ga bg eg de | ga bg eaaf |
ge dB A/B/A G2 | ga bg ea af | ga bg e/g/e de | ga bg eaaf |
ge dB A/B/A GA || BddB ceed | Bd dB A/B/A GA | Bd dB cd ef |
ga bg a2 gd | Bd dB ceed | BddB A/B/A GA | BddB cdef |
gabg aagf || ga bg ea af | ga bg eg/e/ de | gabg eaaf |
ge dB A/B/A G2 | gabg eaaf | ga bg{/g} egde | ga bg{/=f} eaa^f |
ge dB A2 GA || BddB ceed | BddB AAGA | BddB cdef |
ga bg a2 g/e/d | Bd dB ce ed | BddB A/B/A GA | BddB cd ef |
ga bg a2 gf || ga bg eaaf | ga bg eg de | ga bg eaaf |
ge dB A/B/A G2 | ga bg eaaf | ga bg eg de | ga bg ea af |
ge dB A2 G2- | G6 |