This reel was taken from the melody of an old Irish concert hall song, known as ‘Molly Brannigan’. I’m not fond of the version in the O’Neill collection, and marshaling it into a more traditional reel was an interpretive challenge, considering the conservative nature of the original song melody.

 A4 B2 | cc ec dB{/d} BB | Ac BG AG EF | GAGE DEGB |
 AG AB AGEG | cd ec dB{/d} BB | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB{/c} GGAB || cd ec dB{/d} BB | A3 B AGEF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB AG EG | cd ec dB B/d/B | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB G2 dB || GA Bc de fa | gf ge dBGB | cd ec dB{/d} BB |
 AcBG AGEF | GA Bc ddBd | ef ge d/e/d Bd | cd ec dB B/d/B |
 AGAB G2 dB || GABc dd Bd | efge dG B/A/G | cd ec dB B/d/B |
 Ac BG AG EG | gf ed efge | dB GB AG EA | G/F/E ED B,DGB |
 AG AB G2 AB || ccec dB B/d/B | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DEGB |
 A3 B AE E/G/E | cd ec dB{/d} BB | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB G2 AB || ccec dBBB | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB AG EG | cc ec dB B/d/B | Ac BG AG EF | GA GE DE GB |
 AG AB G3 G || GA Bc de fa | gf ge dG B/A/G | cd ec dB B/d/B |
 AcBG AGEF | GA Bc dd Bd | ef ge dG B/A/G | cd ec dB B/d/B |
 AG AB G2 dB || GA Bc dd Bd | ef ge dG B/A/G | cd ec dB B/d/B |
 Ac BG AG EG | gf ed efge | dB GB AG EA | G/F/E ED B,EGB |
 AG AB G4- | G4 |