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As part of a traditional music trio, I learned this reel from banjo player Seamus Egan and piper Tom Nolan during the mid 1960s. For a time, all three of us represented a new generation of musicians in Co. Offaly which later became part of the Irish folk revival of the late 1960s and 1970s.
AB-Bc | d2 eB dB{/d} BB | dB AB GB AG | EAAd BGGA |
BG Bd gedB | dd eB dB{/d} BB | dB AB GA GE | DE GA Bd ge |
dBAc BGge || dd eB dBBd | cB AF G2 AG | EA{/B} AA BGGA |
BG Bd ge dB | dg eg dB B/d/B | dB AB GA GE | DE GA Bdge |
dB Ad B{/c} GGA || BG Bd ggfg | af df gf ed | Bd ef gfgb |
ag ef gf ga | bg g/b/g ag ef | gf ge dB AB | DE GA B3 e |
dB Ad BGGA || Bd ef gg fg | af df gf ed | BG Bd gf gb |
agef gfga | bg g/b/g agef | gf ge dB AB | DE GA Bd ge |
dB Ad B{/c} Gge || d d2 e dBBd | cB AB G2 AG | EA Ad B{/c} GGA |
BGBd gedB | dd eB dBBd | cB AB GA GE | DE GA Bd ge |
dB Ad BG-Gg || dd eB dB Bd | cB AF G2 AG | EA Ad BGGA |
B/A/G Bd ge dB | d2 eB dBBd | cBAB GAGE | DE GA Bdge |
dB Ad BG GA || Bd ef ggfg | af df gf ed | Bd ef gf gb |
ag ef g g2 a | bg g/b/g ag ef | gf ge dB AB | DEGA B3 e |
dB Ad B{/c} GGA || Bd ef gg fg | af df gf ed | BG Bd gf gb |
ag ef gf ga | bg g/b/g agef | gf ge dB AB | DE GA B3 e |
dB Ad B{/c} G G2- | G6 |
