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The late fiddle player Daniel Michael Collins of the Bronx, New York, sent me this one on a small cassette tape. It featured his own playing of the tune, but he didn’t remember where he got it. My own impression is that it comes from the fiddling tradition of Ulster.
G | AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GED DEG | AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GEC CEG || AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GED DEG | AGE G2 G | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GEC C2 d || edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 d | edB ABc | Bdg dBG | edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 B | cBc e^fg | dge dBG || edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 d | edB ABc | Bdg dBG | edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 B | cBc e^fg | dge dBG || AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GED DEG | AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GEC CEG || AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GED DEG | AGE GGG | AGE Gcd | edc A/B/cA | GEC C2 d || edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 d | edB ABc | Bdg dBG | edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 B | cBc e^fg | dge dBG || edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 d | edB ABc | Bdg dBG | edB A/B/AA | ABG A2 B | cBc e^fg | dge dBG || G3- G3 |
![The Scotsman’s rambles [comp. John McEvoy], jig](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/port.itma.ie/paddy_obrien/paddy_obrien_svg/ITMA0290339_004.svg)
![Planxty Charles O’Connor [comp. Turlough O’Carolan], harp piece](https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/port.itma.ie/paddy_obrien/paddy_obrien_svg/ITMA0290341_008.svg)