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The late Chicago fiddler Johnny McGreevy surprised me with this jig some years ago during a late night session in ‘The Palace’, the apartment that houses musicians who play at John D. McGurk’s in Saint Louis. Johnny said he got a lot of old tunes from Patsy Cauley, an old fiddler from Chicago.
B2 A | GBB BAG | GBB BAG | FGA A2 D | FAA ABA | GBB BAB | GBA BAG | def gdc | BGG G2 D || GBB BAB | GBB BAG | FGA A2 D | FAA ABA | GBB BAB | GBA BAG | def gdc | BGG Gfg || a2 a afd | gba gfe | dBd gdB | dBA Afg | aba afd | gba gfe | dBd gdc | BGG G2 g || aba afd | g2 g gfe | dBd gdB | dBA Afg | aba afd | gba gfe | dBd gdc | BGG G2 D || GBB BAB | GBB BAG | FGA A2 D | FAA ABA | GBB BAB | GBA BAB | def gdc | BGG G2 D || GBB BAB | GBA BAG | FGA A2 D | FAA ABA | GBB BAB | dBB BAG | def gdc | BGG Gfg || a2 a afd | gba gfe | dBd gdB | dBA Afg | aba afd | gba gfe | dBd gdc | BGG Gfg || a2 a afd | gba gfe | dBd gdB | dBA Afg | aba afd | gba gfe | dBd gdc | BGG G3 |