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This is an E minor reel that was popularized during the late 1950s by east Co. Clare fiddler Paddy Canny, who recorded it on a 1959 LP with P.J. Hayes and Peadar O’Loughlin, with Bridie Lafferty of Dublin supplying piano accompaniment.
A3 G | FDDD FDGE | FDDD GE EG | FDDD FDGE |
FA dA FDDE | FD DD FD GE | FD DF GE- EG | FD DD FD GE |
FA dA FD- DA || dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG EG | dA AA dABG |
FAEG FD-DA | dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG Ee | fd ef dB AG |
FA EA FDDE || FDDD FDGE | FDDD GE EG | FDDD FDGE |
FA dA FDDE | FD DD FD GE | FD DF GE EG | FD DD FD GE |
FA dA FD- DA || dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG EG | dA AA dABG |
FAEG FD-DA | dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG Ee | fd ef dB AG |
FA EA FDDE || FDDD FDGE | FDDD GE EG | FDDD FDGE |
FA dA FDDE | FD DD FD GE | FD DF GE EG | FD DD FD GE |
FA dA FD- DA || dA AA dA GA | dA AA BG EG | dA AA dABG |
FAEG FD-DA | dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG Ee | fd ef dB AG |
FA EA FDDE || FDDD FDGE | FDDD GE EG | FDDD FDGE |
FA dA FDDE | FD DD FD GE | FD DF GE EG | FD DD FA dA |
FA EA FD- DA || dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG EG | dA AA dABG |
F/G/A EG FD-DA | dA AA dA{/G} FA | dA AA BG Ee | fd ef dB AG |
FA EA FD D2- | D6 |