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Paddy emigrated to the U.S. in 1949, and after a few years in Chicago he moved to Boston, where he lived with his family for his remaining years in the U.S. I heard him play this tune on a radio recording mailed to me by a friend in Ireland.
ABc A2 G F2 E DAB | c2 c dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d2 c | ABc A2 G F2 E DAB | c2 c dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d2 e || f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 B | cBc dcB c3 cde | f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 G | ABc dec d3 d2 e | f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 B | cBc dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d2 c || ABc A2 G F2 E DAB | c2 c dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d2 c | ABc A2 G F2 E DAB | c2 c dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d2 e || f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 B | cBc dcB c3 cde | f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 G | ABc dec d3 d2 e | f2 e f2 g f2 A A2 B | cBc dcB c3 c2 G | ABc A2 G F2 E DAc | d2 d edc d3 d3 |
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