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Both Joe Burke and Andy McGann popularized this hornpipe when they played it together in New York. Tommy Potts also took it from O’Neill’s collection and honed it into one of his own solo tunes, with particular variations that added to its expression and feeling. Most people play it in G minor as against my own preference of E minor.
E2 D | B,EED EFGA | Be ed ef ge | dB ge dB AB | GF ED ED B,D | E2 EF G2 FE | D/=F/D DE ^FEDB, | EF GA BA FA | G2 E2 E2 (3B,CD || E2 ED EF GA | Be ed ef ge | dB ge dB AB | GF ED ED B,D | E2 EF G2 FE | D/=F/D DE ^FEDB, | EF GA BA FA | G2 EE E2 ef || ed Bd ef gf | ed Be BG EF | GF GA BA Bc | dA BG FE DF | GD BG FD AF | GD BG FD =cA | Bd ef gf ed | B/d/B e2 e3 f || ed Bd ef gf | ed BA (3BAG EF | GF GA BA ce | dA BG FE DF | GD BG FD AF | GD BG FD =cA | Bd ef gf ed | B/d/B e2 e2 EF || GF GA BA Bd | e2 ed ef ge | dB ge dB AB | GF ED ED B,D | E2 EF GE FE | D2 DE FE DB, | EF GA BA FA | G2 E2 E2 (3B,CD || E2 ED EF GA | Be ed ef ge | dB ge dB AB | GF ED ED B,D | E2 EF G2 FE | D2 DE FE DB, | EF GA BA FA | G2 EE E2 ef || ed Bd efgf | ed BA (3BAG EF | GF GA BA Bc | dA BG FE DF | GD BG FD AF | GD BG FD =cA | Bd ef gf ed | B/d/B e2 e3 d || e/f/e Be ef (3gfe | ed BA (3BAG EF | GF GA BA ce | dA BG FE DF | GD BG FD AF | GD BG FD =cA | Bd ef gf ed | B/d/B e2 e4 |