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Sligo fiddle player Paddy Sweeney was acknowledged by fellow musician Paddy Killoran, who recorded this reel on a 78 rpm recording. Sweeney is still remembered by some older folks in New York as a character of unique disposition, prone to shadow boxing when something of an unmusical nature disturbed his tightly wound temperament.
A3 B | cE{/G} EE GAce | fe df ecAB | cE{/G} EE GAcA |
GE cE DG CG | cE{/G} EE GAce | ge df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GAcA |
GE cE DG CG || e g2 a ge ce | fe dc Bc dd | eg gg aege |
fe df ec cd | eg{/c'} gg aeea | ge df ecAB | cE{/G} EE GAce |
ge df e/g/e- ed || c2 EF GA ce | ge df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GAcA |
GE cE DG CG | cE{/G} EE GAce | ge df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GAcA |
GE cE DG CG || eg-ga gece | fe dc Bcdf | eg{/c'} gg aege |
fe df ec cd | eg{/c'} gg ae ee | ge df ecAB | cE{/G} EE GAce |
ge df e/g/e- ed || c2 EF GA ce | fe df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GAcA |
GE cE DG CG | cE{/G} EE GA/B/ ce | fe df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GA cA |
GEcE DGCG || eg- ga ge ce | fe dc Bcdd | eg gg ae ge |
fe df ec cd | eg{/c'} gg aeee | ge df ec AB | cE{/G} EE GAce |
ge df e/g/e dB | sc8 |