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I got the name of this tune from North Co. Tipperary fiddler Sean Ryan, who told me that Ireland had its share of turncoats that led to its civil war in 1922. This hornpipe was often played on Raidió Éireann when I was a teenager in Co. Offaly. It’s also part of Francis O’Neill’s collection of 1850 tunes.
ABd | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | cd ed cB AG | F/G/A EF DGBd | g2 bg d2 gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G2 Bd || g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | cc ed cB AG | F/G/A EA DGBd | g2 bg d2 gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G2 Bc || de dB gf gd | ec ec a2 ag | fe fd gf ge | fg af de fa | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G3 B || de dB gf gd | ec ec a2 ag | fe fd gf ge | fg af de fa | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G2 Bd || g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | c/e/c ed cBAG | F/G/A EA DGBd | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G2 Bd || g2 bg de gd | Bd dB GG AB | cd ed cB AG | F/G/A EA DGBd | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G3 B || de dB gf gd | ec ec a2 ag | fe fd gf ge | fg af de fa | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G3 B || de dB gf gd | ec ec a2 ag | fe fd gf ge | fg af de fa | g2 bg de gd | Bd dB G2 AB | ce dc AG FG | A/B/A GF G4 |