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This is a composition from fiddler Sean Keane of Dublin and a member of the Chieftains. I learned it from the box playing of his brother James, who played it on his CD, ‘The Heir of the Dog’.
FAAB A3 G | FA{/B} AA BcdA | FAAB AABA | GA FA E3 G |
FAAG A3 G | FA{/B} AA BBdA | FA A/_B/=B AABA | GA FA E3 A ||
Beed e3 f | gbaf gfeg | fd de dd Ad | f/e/d ad bdad |
ef ed Bd ef | gb af gf eg | fd de dB AF | GB AF GEEF ||
GG-GA GA Bc | dd de dB AF | GG- GA GA Be | dB AF GE- EF |
GGGA GABc | dd de dBAF | G2 AG FG A=c | BG AF GE- EG ||
FA A/_B/=B A3 G | FA{/B} AA BcdA | FA A/_B/=B A2 BA | GA FA E3 G |
FAAB A3 G | FA{/B} AA BBdA | FA AB A2 BA | GA FA E3 A ||
Beed ee-ef | gbaf gfeg | fd de dd Ad | f/e/d ad bdad |
ef ed Bd ef | gb af gf eg | fd de dB AF | GB AF GEEF ||
GGGA GA Bc | dd de dB AF | G3 F GABc | dB AF GE- EF |
GGGA GABc | dd de dBAF | GABG FGA=c | BG AF GE- EG ||
FAAB A3 G | FA{/B} AA BcdA | FAAB AABA | GA FA EE-EG |
FA A/_B/=B A3 G | FA{/B} AA BcdA | FA A/_B/=B A2 BA | GA FA E3 A ||
Beed e3 f | gbaf gfeg | fd de dd Ad | f/e/d ad bdad |
ef ed Bd ef | gb af gf eg | fd de dB A/G/F | GB AF GEEF ||
GG-GA GA Bc | dd de dB AF | GG- GF GA Bc | dB AF GE- EF |
GGGA GABc | dd de dBAF | GABG FGA=c | BG AF GE E2- |
E6 |