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She may have been of such prized pedigree that a search party was organized when she went missing. Such a stray animal would find travel to be a pleasing form of exercise after long confinement in a barren pasture. The western province claims her as one of their own through the name of this reel, which was introduced to us during the 1960s by piper Willie Clancy, who might say that such commotion over a heifer was a time-honored excuse for long-term pub crawling.
A6 G2 | FEFG AdBG | A/B/A BG AG FD | EF- FG AG GF |
DG{/c} GG cAAG | EF- FG A/B/A BG | A/B/A BG AG FD | EF- FG AGGF |
DG{/c} GG cAAA || fd ef de cA | Ad BG AB de | fd ef de cd |
AG{/c} GG AG FD | fd ef de cA | AdBG ABde | ef fd ed ^cA |
BG{/c} GG AGFD || EF- FG AD F/E/D | AD BD AG FD | EF FG AGGF |
DG{/c} GG cA AG | EF-FG A/B/A BG | A/B/A BG AG FD | EFFG AGGF |
DG{/c} GG cAAA || fd ef de cA | Ad BG AB de | fd ed d2 ^cA |
BG{/c} GG AG FD | fd ef de cA | Ad Bc Ad de | ef- fd ed ^cA |
B/A/G{/c} GG AGFD || EF- FG A/B/A BG | A/B/A BG AG FD | EFFG AGGF |
DG{/c} GG cAAG | E F2 G A/B/A BG | A/B/A BG AG FD | E F2 G AGGF |
DG{/c} GG cAAA || fd ef decA | Ad BG Ad de | f/e/d ed d2 ^cA |
BG{/c} GG AGFD | fd ef de cA | Ad BG ABde | ef fd ed ^cA |
BG{/c} GG AG G2- | G4 |