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My first memory of Dermot was when I heard him playing ‘The Rookery Jig’ on his B/C box along with flute player Frank Jordan. This was in McHale’s Hotel in Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon in 1977. Many years later, I again met Dermot in New York City, just a few years before he died. It was then I realized he had switched over to playing the flute, which is how I came to getting this jig. He played it in the key of G; for playing it on my accordion, I changed it to the key of F.
f | fcA cAG | F/A/FF GFD | CDF GFG | AGG Gc-c | fcA cAG | FAF GFD | CDF GFG | AFF FAc || fcA cAG | F/A/FF GFD | CDF GFG | AGG G2 c | fcA cAG | F/A/FF GFD | CDF GFG | AFF F2 c || FAc cdf | dfd cAG | FAc fga | gfd gga | gfd dcA | G/c/GG AFD | CDF GFG | AFF F2 c || FAc cdf | dfd cAG | FAc fga | gfd g2 a | gfd dcA | GcG AFD | CDF GFG | AFF FAc || fcA cAG | F/A/FF GFD | CDF GFG | AGG G2 c | fcA cAG | F/A/FA GFD | CDF GFG | AFF FAc || fcA cAG | FAF GFD | CDF GFG | AGG G2 c | fcA cAG | F/A/FA GFD | CDF GFG | AFF F2 c || FAc cdf | dfd cAG | FAc fga | gfd gga | gfd dcA | G2 c AFD | CDF GFG | AFF F2 c || FAc cdf | dfd cAG | FAc fga | gfd g2 a | gfd dcA | GcG AFD | CDF GFG | AFF F3 |
