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Ed Reavy composed this reel, and named it after an old friend. It’s a tune I first heard from the fiddle playing of the late Louis Quinn, originally from Co. Armagh.
d3 B | G2 Bd gd BG | DG Bd cA FA | G2 Bd gd Bd |
cB AG FA DF | GA Bd gf af | ge dB AA Bc | dB cA BG AG |
FG Ad BG AB || G2 Bd gd BG | DG Bd cA FA | G2 Bd gd Bd |
cB AG FADF | GA Bd gf af | ge dB A2 Bc | dB cA BG AG |
FG Ad BGGA || BB GA Bd ef | gf ga ge dc | B/d/B GA B2 eB |
dB AG EFGA | BB GA Bd ef | gf e^c d2 ef | gb ag fa ge |
ec AF G3 A || BB GA Bdef | gf ga ge dc | B/d/B GA B2 eB |
dB AG EF GA | BBGA Bdef | gf e^c d2 ef | gbag fagd |
ec AF G3 D || G2 Bd gd BG | DG Bd cA FA | G2 Bd gd Bd |
cB AG FA DF | GA Bd ge af | ge dB AA Bc | dBcA BGAG |
FG Ad BGAB || G2 Bd g/e/d BG | DG Bd cA FA | G2 Bd gd Bd |
cB AG FA DF | GA Bd gf af | ge dB A2 Bc | dB cA BG AG |
FG Ad BG GA || B2 GA Bd ef | gf ga ge dc | B/d/B{/c} GA B2 eB |
dB AG EFGA | BB GA Bd ef | gf e^c d2 ef | gb ag fagd |
ec AF G3 A || B2 GA Bdef | gf ga ge dc | B/d/B GA B2 eB |
dB AG EF GA | BB GA Bd ef | gf e^c d2 ef | gb ag fa gd |
ec{/B} AF G4 |