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During one of his visits to Co. Clare, Paddy Killoran introduced this reel to local musicians. It’s a tune that Paddy composed during the early 1950s when he was still living in New York. I first heard it from Clare man Patrick O’Laughlin, who played it on the accordion.
G3 E | D3 E GABc | dG B/A/G AB GE | D D2 E GB AB |
GEEE cEGE | DDB,D G,DB,D | cA BG AG ED | B,D{/=F} DD GBdB |
AG AB{/F} G3 E || D3 E GA Bc | dG B/A/G ABGE | D D2 E GBAB |
GE{/G} EE cEGE | DD B,D G,DB,D | cA BG AG ED | B,DD{/=F} D GBdB |
AGAB G2 ge || ddBG DG B/A/G | dGBG AGEe | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB |
d/B/G BG ABce | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB | dG BG AG EG | gf ed ef ge |
ddBG ABGB || dd BG DG B/A/G | dG BG AG Ee | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB |
dG BG ABce | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB | dG BG AG EG | gf ed ef ge |
ddBG ABGE || D3 E GABc | dG BG AB GE | D D2 E GBAB |
GEEE cEGE | D2 B,D G,D B,D | cA B/A/G AGED | B,DD{/F} D GBdB |
AG AB G3 E || D3 E GABc | dG BG AB GE | D D2 E GB AB |
GE{/G} EE cE GE | D2 B,D G,D B,D | cA BG AG ED | B,D{/=F} DD GBdB |
AG AB G2 ge || d2 BG DG B/A/G | dG BG AG Ee | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB |
dG BG AB ce | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB | dG BG AG EG | gf ed ef ge |
ddBG ABGB || dd BG DG B/A/G | dGBG AGEe | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB |
dG BG AB ce | dB{/d} BB gB{/d} BB | dG BG AGEG | gf ed ef ge |
dd BG AB AB | sG8 |