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Galway’s Mike Rafferty is known and revered for his wonderful flute playing and for influencing his daughter Mary, who is nowadays a lovely box player. Mary composed this reel, but its setting incorporates her father’s suggestions, which Mary thought were improvements!
ed | BEEF GF GA | Be ec dB Ad | BEEF GGAB |
AD F/E/D AD FA | BEEF GFGA | Be ec dBAd | B/c/d de dB AF |
DF A/G/F E3 A || BEEF GF GA | Be ec dB Ad | BEEF GGAB |
AD F/E/D AD FA | BEEF GFGA | Be ec dBAd | B/c/d de dB AF |
DFAF E3 F || G2 B/A/G dGBG | D2 F/E/D ADFD | GGBG dGBG |
DE FD EE-EF | G2 B/A/G dG BD | D2 F/E/D AD FD | G/B/G GE FGAF |
DE FD E3 F || G2 B/A/G dG BA | D2 FD AD FD | GG BG dGBG |
DE FD E3 F | GB{/d} BB dBBA | DF FF AF DF | EF GE FG AF |
DE FD E3 A || BEEF GF GA | Be ec dB Ad | BDEF GGAB |
AD F/E/D AD FA | BEEF GFGA | Be ec dBAd | B/c/d de dB AF |
DF A/G/F E3 A || BEEF GF GA | Be ec dB Ad | BEEF GEBE |
AD F/E/D AD FA | BEEF GFGA | Be ec dBAd | B/c/d de dB AF |
DF A/G/F E3 F || G2 B/A/G dGBG | D2 F/E/D ADFD | GGBG dGBG |
DE FD EE-EF | G2 B/A/G dG BA | D2 F/E/D AD FD | G/B/G GE FGAF |
DE FD EE-EF || G2 B/A/G dG BA | D2 F/E/D ADFD | G2 BG dGBG |
DE FD EE-EF | GB{/d} BB dBBd | DF FG AF DF | EF GE FG AF |
DE FD E4 |
