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One evening in Loughrea, I mentioned this reel to Joe Burke, who kindly offered to put it down on a reel-to-reel tape for me to learn. Sergeant James Early himself was born in Co. Leitrim during the late 1840s. When just a boy, he emigrated to America and finally settled in Chicago. He was a well-loved piper, fiddler and flute player.
d3 c | A2 DE FA cA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FEFG |
Ad de fe d{/e} c | AD DE FA cA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FA cA |
GF EF D2 dc || A/B/A DE FAcA | GE CD EFGE | DA, DE FE FG |
Ad dc d{/g} edc | AD- DE FA cA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FA cA |
GFEC D2 E/^F/G || Ad dc d d2 e | ef ed{/e} cAGF | EC EG cBcd |
ec dB ccBc | Ad dc dd de | ef ed{/e} cAGc | AE{/G} EE cEGE |
CDEC D2 E/^F/G || Ad dc d3 e | ef ed{/e} cAGF | EC EG cBcd |
ec dB ccBc | Ad dc dA de | fded{/e} cAGc | AE{/G} EE cEGE |
CD EC D2 E/^F/G || A2 DE FA cA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FEFG |
Ad de fe dc | AD DE FA cA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FA cA |
GF EF D2 dc || A2 DE FF GA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE{/A} FEFG |
Ad de fe dc | AD DE FAcA | GE CD EF GE | DA, DE FA cA |
GF EC D2 E/^F/G || Addc d3 e | ef ed{/e} cAGF | EC EG cBcd |
ec dB cc Bc | Ad dc d d2 e | ef ed{/e} cAGc | AE{/G} EE cE GE |
CD EC D2 E/^F/G || Ad dc d d2 e | ef ed cA GF | EC EG cBcd |
ec dB cc Bc | Addc dAde | fd ed cA Gc | AE{/G} EE cEGE |
C2 EC D4- | D4 |