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I got this tune from the playing of Donegal fiddler Vincent Campbell. It’s from an old tape that was given to me by Frank McCollum, a tune collector from the North (County Antrim) who used to travel around with a heavy-duty reel-to-reel recorder. Frank and I were both very interested in music, especially things we’d never heard before, and we used to swap tunes on tape.
DGGA BABc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AGGF |
DG GA BA Bc | dB cA dB cA | DG{/c} GA BABd | ed dc AG Bd ||
gfga gfdg | fe fg af df | gfga gfdg | fd dc AGBd |
gf ga gf dg | fe fg af df | ef df efge | dB cA BGGE ||
DGGA BABc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AGGF |
DG GA BA Bc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AG Bd ||
gfga gfdg | fe fg af df | gfga gfdg | fd dc AGBd |
gf ga gf dg | fe fg af df | ef df efge | dB cA BG G2 ||
DGGA BABc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AGGF |
DG GA BA Bc | dd cA dB cA | DG{/c} GA BABd | ed dc AG Bd ||
gfga gfdg | fe fg af df | gfga gfdg | fd dc AGBd |
gf ga gf dg | fe fg af df | ef df efge | dB cA BG G2 ||
DGGA BABc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AGGF |
DG GA BA Bc | dd cA dB cA | DGGA BABd | ed dc AG Bd ||
gfga gfdg | fe fg af df | gfga gfdg | fd dc AGBd |
gf ga gf dg | fe fg af df | ef df efge | dB cA BG G2- |
G6 |