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Here we have another great pipe tune from Willie. I heard a man remark that Willie got this one from his father, Gilbert Clancy. It is a very old-style jig melody, with some variations I learned from the piping of Philadelphia’s Tim Britton.
(A2 d) | dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FAF | EFG Ace | dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FEF | GB,C D2 A || dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FAF | EFG Ace | dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FEF | GB,C D2 a || aba fdf | aba agf | g2 g ece | Ace gfe | aba fdf | aba afg | afd bge | dAF D2 a || aba fdf | aba agf | g2 g ece | Ace gec | d/e/dd ede | fef gfg | afd bge | dAF DFA || dcd fef | ded AFD | G2 G FAF | EFG Ace | dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FEF | GB,C D2 A || dcd fef | d/e/dB AFD | GBG FAF | DFG Ace | dcd fef | ded AFD | GBG FEF | GB,C D2 a || aba fdf | aba agf | g2 g ece | Ace gfe | aba fdf | aba afg | afd bge | dAF D3 || aba fdf | aba agf | g2 g ece | Ace gec | d/e/dd ede | fef gfg | afd bge | dAF D3- |