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The name of this reel reminds me of a lonely evening when I was stood up on a date. I first heard this played by Ellen Flanagan when she was a teenage accordion player and one of a younger generation of box players to emerge from Co. Offaly during the early 1960s.
d4 B2 | G2 dG B/A/G dG | AG FG ABcA | BA GF GA Bc |
de f/e/d ^cA FA | BG{/c} GG dGBG | AG FG ABcA | BA Bd cB AG |
FD EF GGdB || GGdG B/A/G dG | AG FG AB cA | BA GF GA Bc |
de f/e/d ^cA FA | BG{/c} GG dGBG | AD E/F/G ABcA | BA Bd cB AG |
FD EF G2 Bd || ge fd ed AG | FD AD BD AD | E E2 A GF GA |
Bd ^ce dd ef | g/f/e fd edAG | FD AD BD AD | GG FE DG Bd |
cAFA G2 Bd || gefd ed AG | FDAD FD AD | E E2 A GFGA |
Bd ^ce dd ef | g/f/e fd edAG | FD AD BD AD | GG FE DG Bd |
cA FA GGdB || G2 dG B/A/G dG | AG FG AB cA | BA GF GA Bc |
de fd ^cA FA | BG{/c} Gc B/d/G BG | AGFG ABcA | BA Bd cB AG |
FD EF G2 dB || GGdG B/A/G dG | AG FG AB cA | BA GF GABc |
de fd ^cA GA | BG{/c} GG dGBG | AG FG AB cA | BA Bd cB AG |
FD EF GGBd || ge fd ed AG | FDAD BDAD | E E2 A GF GA |
Bd ^ce dd ef | g/f/e fd edAG | FD AD BDAD | GGFE DGBd |
cAGA G2 Bd || gefd edAG | FD AD BD AD | E E2 A GFGA |
Bd ^ce dd ef | g/f/e fd edAG | FD AD BD AD | GG FE DG Bd |
cA F/G/A G4- | G4 |