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I remember Tommy putting this on tape for me one Sunday afternoon in Kitty Linnane’s home in Kilfenora Co. Clare, in 1972. Since he didn’t have a name for it, I’ve always called it after him in memory of an occasion when I was in dire need of a few ‘quare ones’.
B3 c | dggg agfe | dg fe ed{/e} cB | A3 B cA{/B} AA |
cAeA aAeA | dg{/c'} gg agfe | dg fe ed cB | GA Bc dedc |
B/A/G GA BG Gd || BG DB, G,B, =FG | Bd gf ed cB | A3 B cA{/B} AA |
cA eA aA eA | BG DB, G,B,DG | Bdgf edcB | GA Bc de dc |
B/A/G- GA BGGB || dg{/c'} gg agfe | dgfe ed{/e} cB | A3 B cA{/B} AA |
cA eA aA eA | dggg agfe | dgfe ed cB | GA Bc{/B} de dc |
B/A/G GA B G2 d || BG DB, G,B,DG | Bd gf ed cB | A3 B cA{/B} AA |
cA eA aA eA | BG DB, G,B,DG | Bd gf{/g} ed{/e} cB | GA Bc de dc |
B/A/G GA B G2 B || dg{/c'} gg agfe | dgfe edcB | A3 B cA{/B} AA |
cA eA ^gA eA | dg{/c'} gg agfe | dg fe ed cB | GA Bc de dc |
BGGA B G2 d || BG DB, G,B, DG | Bd gf ed cB | A/B/A- AB cA{/B} AA |
cAeA aAeA | BG DB, G,B,DG | Bd gf ed cB | GA Bc de dc |
BG{/c} GA BG{/c} G2- | G6 |