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Denis Murphy as a younger man worked as a weaver and was admired as a good tradesman before he moved on to another working profession. He is reported to have composed this when a moment of excitement overcame him as a long-delayed bottle of Guinness was slipped into his pocket at the end of a house dance!
de | f/g/f/e/ d>B | AD FA | GE e>d |
cB{/d} BA | e/fe/ d>B | AD FA | GE e>f |
ed dA || f/g/f/e/ d>B | AD FA | GE e>d |
cB BA | f/g/f/e/ dB | AD FA | GE e>f |
ed d>B || Af f/e/f | Ag g/f/g | Af fd |
e/f/e/d/ BA | Af f/e/f | Ag g>a | ba ge |
g/e/d d>B || Af f/e/f | Ag g/f/g | Af fd |
e/f/e/d/ BA | Af f/e/f | Ag g>a | ba ge |
g/e/d dA || f>e d/e/d/B/ | AD FA | GE e>d |
cB BA | f/g/f/e/ d>B | AD FA | GE e>f |
ed dA || f>e d/e/d/B/ | AD FA | GE e>d |
cB BA | f>e d/e/d/B/ | AD FA | GE e>f |
ed d>B || Af f/e/f | Ag g/f/g | Af fd |
e/f/e/d/ BA | Af f/e/f | Ag g>a | ba ge |
g/e/d dA || f>e d>B | AD FA | GE e>d |
cB d/B/A | f>e d/e/d/B/ | AD F>A | GE e>f |
ed d>B || Af f/e/f | Ag g/f/g | Af fe |
e/f/e/d/ BA | Af f/e/f | Ag g>a | ba ge |
g/e/d d>B || Af f/e/f | Ag g/f/g | Af fd |
e/f/e/d/ BA | Af f/e/f | Ag g>a | ba ge |
g/e/d d2 |
