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Paddy was born in 1916 and at a young age began playing the fiddle. This is one of his compositions, which I learned from the playing of the famous Galway box driver, Joe Burke.
c2 Bd cGEG | FA DF EF GA | _BA BG c=B cd | ef dc BG Bd |
cB cG EG cG | FA DF EF GA | _BB Gc c=B GF | DG B,D C2 EG ||
c/B/c Bd cG EG | FA DF EFGA | _BA BG c=Bcd | efdc BGBd |
cB cG EGcG | FA DF EFGA | _BBGc c=BGF | DG B,D C2 EG ||
cB ce g^fag | ^fg ec GF EG |{/A} FEFD EGcG | Bcde fdBd |
cB ce g^fag | ^fg ec GF EG |{/A} FEFD EG/E/ CE | FD B,D C2 EG ||
cB ce g^fag | ^fg ec GF EG | FE FD EGcG | Bc de fd Bd |
cB ce g^fag | ^fg ec GFEG | F/A/F DF EG/E/ CE | FDB,D C2 EG ||
c/B/c Bd cGEG | FA DF EFGA | _BABG c=B cd | efdc BGBd |
cBcG EGcG | FADF EFGA | _B2 Gc c=BGF | DGB,D C2 EG ||
(3cBc Bd cGEG | FADF EFGA | _BABG c=Bcd | efdc BGBd |
cBcG EGcG | FADF EFGA | _B2 Gc c=BGF | DGB,D C2 EG ||
cBce g^fag | g/^f/g ec GFEG | F2 CD EGcG | Bcde fdBd |
cBce g^fag | ^fgec GFEG | F/A/F DF EGCE | FDB,D C2 EG ||
cBce g^fag | ^fg ec GE CE | FE FD EG cG | Bc de fdBd |
cBce g^fag | ^fgec GF EG | F/A/F DF EGCE | FDB,D C4 |