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What may have been originally the well-known tune ‘The Silver Spear’, has survived in Co. Clare and Co. Galway as a separate tune under such differenttitles as ‘Mrs. Galvin’s’ and ‘The Newly Mowed Meadow’. I have combined the names. This version is considered to be from Mrs. Galvin, who was a fiddle player from Co. Clare.
e4 d2 | cAAA BABd | egfd edBd | eA{/B} AA BAGB |
dg ed Bc df | eA{/B} AG A2 Bd | eg fd ed Bd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
dfed Bcdf || eA{/B} AA BABd | eg fd ed Bd | eA{/B} AA BAGB |
dged Bcdf | eA{/B} AG A-ABd | eg fd ed Bd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
df ed Bcdf || a2 fa bafb | ad fd ed Bd | a2 fa ba fe |
dfed BdAd | aafa ba fb | ad fd ed Bd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
dfed Bcdf || a2 fa ba fb | adfd edBd | a2 fa bafe |
df ed Bd Ad | aa fa ba fb | ad{/b} fd edBd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
df ed Bc df || eA{/B} AA BABd | eg fd edBd | eA{/B} AA BAGB |
dg ed Bc df | eA{/B} AA BABd | eg fd ed Bd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
df ed Bc df || eA AG A2 Bd | eg fd ed Bd | eA AA BA GB |
dg ed Bc df | eA{/B} AA BABd | eg fd ed Bd | e/f/g ge fgfe |
df ed Bc df || aafa bafb | ad fd ed Bd | a2 fa ba fe |
df ed Bd Ad | aa fa bafb | ad fd ed Bd | e/f/g- ge fgfe |
df ed Bc df || aa fa bafb | ad{/b} fd edBd | a2 fa ba fe |
df ed Bd Ad | aafa bafb | ad fd edBd | e/f/g ge fgfe |
dfed Bd d2- | d4 |
