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Another Cork man I knew in Dublin was accordionist Paddy Healy. He was a man of very determined expression, who grunted and groaned and sighed loudly when playing polkas. I learned this polka from Paddy at a house dance at the home of Jack and Nancy Hickey in Walkinstown, Dublin.
A>B | cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 Ae/d/ || cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 || ab/a/ ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 || ab/a/ ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 Ae/d/ || cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 Ae/d/ || cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 || ab/a/ ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 || ab/a/ ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ dB/d/ | a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 |
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