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This is another setting of the same tune that may have come from the influence of flute players. It was given to me by Mick O’Connor of Pimlico, Dublin, who said it was a reel of James McGettrick’s of Co. Sligo.
c3 B | AGEA GCEG | AG EG AB cG | AG EA GC EG |
FD EC D3 c | AG EG GG EG | AG EG ABcG | AG EA GCEG |
FDEC D3 d || ddfd Adfd | ddgc eg-ge | dd fd ad fd |
eggf edcA | d2 fd adfd | dd gc egge | dd fd ad fd |
eg- gf edcG || Ac- cA _Be GE | F/A/F- FG AD{/F} DD | A c2 G Ac GE |
FA GF E C2 G | AccG A/B/A GE | FE FG ADDE | Gc- cG Ac GE |
FA GF E C2 c || AG EA GC EG | AGEG ABcG | AG EA GCEG |
FDEC D3 c | AG EG GGEG | AGEG ABcG | AGEA GCEG |
FD EC D3 d || dd fd Ad fd | d2 gc eg- ge | dd fd Ad fd |
eg gf ed cA | ddfd Adfd | dd gc eg- ge | ddfd adfd |
e g2 f ed cG || A c2 A _Bd GE | F/A/F FG ADDE |{/B} A c2 G AcGE |
FA GF E C2 G | Ac cG A/B/A GE | F/A/F- FG AD D2 | Ac cG Ac GE |
FA GF EC C2- | C6 |