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Although this reel may have another name, I prefer to name it in honor of Joe Ryan’s sincere fiddling style, and because I first heard this reel played by the Clare man at O’Donoghue’s in Dublin in 1968.
BA | GEDE G3 B | AD F/E/D AD FD | GE DE GA Bd |
eg dB Ac BA | GEDE G3 B | AD F/E/D ADFD | GEDE GABd |
eg{/e} dB GABd || gg-gb a3 f | gg bg ag ef | gg bg aaef |
ga bg a2 ef | gg-gb a3 f | gg bg ag fg | e/g/e dg eg de |
ge dB Ac BA || GE DE G3 B | AD F/E/D ADFD | GE DE GA Bd |
eg dB Ac BA | GE DE Gc BG | AD F/E/D ADFD | GEDE GABd |
eg dB{/c} GABd || g3 b a3 f | ggbg agef | gg bg aaef |
ga{/c'} gg a2 ef | gg- gb a3 f | ggbg agfg | e/g/e- ed edBd |
ge dB Ac BA || GE DE G3 B | AD ED AD FD | GEDE GABd |
egdB AdBA | GEDE G3 B | AD F/E/D ADFD | GEDE GABd |
eg dB GA Bd || g3 b a3 f | ggbg agef | ggbg aaef |
ga bg a2 ef | gg- gb a3 f | gg bg agfg | e/g/e ed edBd |
ge dB A4- | A4 |