Sean Ryan was the first person I heard playing this, one winter’s night in 1967. Eventually, we ended up playing it together, with his wife Kathleen doing piano accompaniment. The tune made its way into the living tradition once again, right out of O’Neill’s 1001 collection.

 d3 c | BE{/G} EE BA GE | DE GB AB GA | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DEGB A2 dc | BE{/G} EE BAGE | DE GB A/B/A GA | BG GA Bd ef |
 ge dc BGGB || cA AB cd ef | ge dB cAAc | BGGA Bdef |
 ge dc BAGB | cA AB cd ef | gf ga gedc | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DE GB A2 dc || BE{/G} EE BAGE | DEGB ABGA | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DE GB A2 dc | BE{/G} EE BA GE | DE GB AA GA | BGGA Bdef |
 ge dc BGGB || cAAB cdef | gf ga ge dc | BGGG Bdef |
 ge dc B/A/G GB | cA AB cd ef | gf ga gedc | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DE GB A2 dc || BE{/G} EE BA GE | DE GB AB GA | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DEGB A2 dc | BE{/G} EE BAGE | DE GB A2 GA | BG GA Bd ef |
 ge dc BGGB || cA AB cd ef | ge dB cAAc | BGGA Bdef |
 ge dc BAGB | cA AB cd ef | gf ga gedc | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DE GB A2 dc || BE{/G} EE BAGE | DEGB A2 GA | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
 DE GB ABGA | BE{/G} EE BA GE | DE GB AA GA | BGGA Bdef |
 ge dc BGGB || cAAB cdef | ge dB cA Ac | BGGA Bdef |
 ge dc BGGB | cA AB cd ef | gf ga gedc | BE{/G} EE BAGE |
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