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This is an old reel from the Sligo / Leitrim region. I played it at John D. McGurk’s bar in Saint Louis, Missouri on a quiet Tuesday evening when suddenly a thunderous barrage of footwork hit the floor. Kilkenny man and musician Larry McNally had burst into a solo dance of uncontrolled appreciation. I don’t have the original name, and I thought the tune deserved this title.
A4 B2 | cF{/A} FF cc-cF | Ac dA cA GA | BE{/G} EE cC EG |
cf df cB GA | cF{/A} FF cc-cF | Ac dA cA GF |{/F} EGcd ecdc |
cB GE F3 A || cF{/A} FF cc-cF | A/=B/c dA cA GA | BE{/G} EE cCEG |
cf df cB GA | cF{/A} FF cc-cF | Ac dA cA GF |{/F} EGcd ecdc |
cB GE F/A/F AB || cf fe ff-fe | cf{/a} ff gfed | ce{/g} ed e/g/e ed |
{/e} cdef gefe |{/e} cf fe f f2 e | cf{/a} ff gf{/a} f-f | af gf af ge |
c/e/c cd ecde || cf fe f f2 e | cf{/a} ff gfed |{/e} ce{/g} ed e/g/e ed |
{/e} cdef gefe | cf fe f f2 e | cf{/a} ff gf f2 | af gf af ge |
ce df ec BG || cFFF c3 F | Ac dA cA GA | BE{/G} EE cCEG |
cf df cBGA | cF{/A} FF c c2 F | A/=B/c dA cA GF | EG cd ec dc |
cB GE F3 A || cF{/A} FF c c2 F | A/=B/c dA cAGA | BE{/G} EE cCEG |
Gf df cA GA | cF{/A} FF c c2 F | A/=B/c dA cAGF | EG cd ec dc |
cB GE F/A/F AB || cf fe f f2 e | cf{/a} ff gfed | ce ed e/g/e ed |
{/e} cdef gefe | cf{/a} fe ff-fe | cf{/a} ff gf ff | af ge afge |
c/e/c cd ecde || cf{/a} fe ff-fe | cf{/a} ff gf ed | ce{/g} ed e/g/e ed |
cd ef ge fe | cf fe ff af | cf{/a} ff gfff | af gf afge |
c/e/c cd ecBG | sF8 |