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Patrick Kelly (1905-1976) of Cree in Co. Clare gets credit for introducing this two-part version of ‘Gillian’s Apples’. His playing of it was in the key of D. My setting here is in the key of C.
A2 B | c2 c E2 D | C2 C CEG | A/B/cA AGE |
GED DEG | cBc E2 D | CEG c2 d | edc BcA |
BGG GAB || cBc E2 D | C2 C CEG | A/B/cA AGE |
GED DEG | c2 c E2 D | CEG c2 d | edc BcA |
BGG G2 A || Bdd Bdd | Bdd dBG | cee cee |
cee edc | Bdd Bdd | Bdd dge | edc BcA |
BGG{/B} G2 A || Bdd Bdd | Bdd dBG | cee cee |
cee edc | Bdd Bdd | Bdd def | edc BcA |
BGG GAB || cBc E2 D | CDC CEG | A/B/cA AGE |
GED DEG | c2 c E2 D | CEG c2 d | edc BcA |
BGG GAB || c2 c E2 D | C2 C CEG | A/B/cA AGE |
GED DEG | cBc E2 D | CEG c2 d | edc BcA |
BGG G2 A || Bdd Bdd | Bdd dBG | cee cee |
cee edc | Bdd Bdd | Bdd def | edc BcA |
BGG G2 A || Bdd Bdd | Bdd dBG | cee cee |
cee edc | Bdd Bdd | Bdd dge | edc BcA |
BGG{/B} G3 |