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This is a very well-known reel popularized by Seán Ó Riada’s Ceoltóirí Chualann and the TuIla Céilí Band. This version is how I play it for my own amusement.
g4 f3 | eccB cGEG | AF FF fe dc | BG{/c} GA BcdB |
cB ce ag ^fg | ec cB cG EG | AF F/A/F CF Ac | BG GA Bc dB |
c/B/c cB cGAB || c2 gc ac gc | cc ge dg ed |{/e} ccgc acgc |
Ad de dGAB | c2 gc acgc | cc ge dg ed | eg{/c'} gg Bg{/c'} gg |
ag ^fa g=f ed || c2 c'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | c2 c'c acgc |
Adde dGAB | c2 c'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | cg{/c'} gg Bg{/c'} gg |
ag ^fa gg g=f ||{/g} eccA _BdcB | AF FF fedc | BG{/c} GA BcdB |
cB ce ag ^fg | eccB cGEG | AF{/A} FF fedc | d G2 A Bc dB |
c/B/c cB cGAB || c2 gc ac gc | ccge dged |{/e} c2 GE CEGc |
Ad de d/B/G AB | c2 gc ac gc | cc ge dc' g>d | c2 gg Bg g^f/g/ |
ag^fa g=fed || ccc'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | c2 gc acgc |
Add{/e} c dGAB | c2 c'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | cggg Bg g/^f/g |
ag ^fa g g2 =f ||{/g} eccB cGEG | AF F/A/F CFAc | BG{/c} GA Bc dB |
cB ce ag^fg | eccB cGEG | AF F/A/F fedc | B/A/G{/c} GA BcdB |
c/B/c cB cGAB || c2 gc acgc | cc ge dg ed | ccgc acgc |
Ad de dG AB | c2 gc acgc | ccge dged | cg{/c'} gg Bg{/c'} gg |
ag ^fa g=fed || c2 c'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | c2 c'c ac gc |
Adde dGAB | c2 c'c acgc | Bc dc B/A/G AB | cg gg Bg g/^f/g |
ag^fa g4- | g4 |