It is said that fiddler John Doherty got this reel from fiddler Neilly O’Boyle, who believed he got it from the ‘little people’. It was John who popularized it to the point that it was one of the first Donegal reels to be played by the southern musicians of Ireland during the late 1960s.

 D2 AD DDAD | CC EC FCEC | D2 AD Dc FD | CDEG cGEC |
 D2 AD DD AD | E E2 D CE GE | F/A/F- FD E3 D | CD E/^F/G AGFG ||
[K:D] Ad de fd ed | cd ef ge fe | ddAd fded | cA GE AD =FA |
 ddde fded | cd ef gf ge | fg fd ef ed | cA GE ED=CG ||
[K:C] DD AD DD AD | C2 EC FCEC | D2 AD DcFD | CD EG cGEC |
 D2 AD DDAD | E E2 D CE GE | F/A/F- FD E E2 D | CDEG AG^FG ||
[K:D] Ad de fd ed | cd ef ge fe | dA de fd ed | cA GE AD =FA |
 ddAd fd ed | cdef gfge | fg fd ef ed | cAGE ED=CG ||
[K:C] D2 AD DD AD | CCEC FCEC | D2 AD Dc FD | CD EG cG EC |
 D-DAD DDAD | E E2 D CE GE | F/A/F- FD E E2 D | CD E/^F/G AG FG ||
[K:D] Ad de fd ed | cd ef ge fe | dA de fd ed | cA GE A D2 A |
 dA de fd ed | cd ef gf ge | fgfd efed | cA GE ED=CE |
 sD8 |