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The late Leo Rowsome introduced this three-parter on one of his early recordings. It’s one of several that Leo dug out of the Captain Francis O’Neill collection. My friend, piper Tom Nolan of Tullamore, Co. Offaly, assisted me during the mid-1960s in trying to figure out where each of its three parts linked together.
A2 B cBc | EDE c2 A | BAF AFD | GFG BAG | A2 B cBc | EDE ccA | BAF AFD | GFG BAG || FGA AFd | AFd AFD | FGA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFd | AFd ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || FGA AFd | AFd AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFd | AFd ABc | BAB cAF | G/c/GG BAG || FGA AFA | D/A/DD AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFA | D/A/DD ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || FGA AFA | D/A/DD AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFA | D/A/DD ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || A2 B cBc | EDE ccA | BAF AFD | GFG BAG | A2 B cBc | EDE c2 A | BAF AFD | GFG BAG || FGA AFd | AFd AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFd | AFd ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || FGA AFd | AFd AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFd | AFd ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || FGA AFA | D/A/DD AFD | FGA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFA | D/A/DD ABc | BAB cAF | GFG BAG || FGA AFA | D/A/DD AFD | E/F/GA AFA | GFG BAG | FGA AFA | D/A/DD ABc | BAB cAF | G6 |