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Box player Francie Brereton was the first musician I heard playing this in 1965. At that time, I didn’t realize that the great uilleann piper Patsy Touhey had recorded it on an old 78 rpm record. Its title was unavailable to me until recently when I called Brian Miller, who had the old title on the tip of his tongue.
G>A | Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 AG | Bd ce | dB GB | A/B/A AB |
A2 GA | Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 (3A/B/A/G | Bd ce | dB AB |{/c} G2 G>G |
G2 fg || af d>e | d2 ga | b/a/g e>e |
e2 ga | (3bag af | ge dB | A2 A>B |
A2 GA | Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 (3A/B/A/G | Bd ce | dB AB | G2 G>A |
G2 GA || Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 AG | Bd ce | dB GB | A/B/A A>B |
A2 GA | Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 AG | Bd ce | dB AB | G/c/G G>A |
G2 fg || af d>e | d2 ga | b/a/g e>e |
e2 ga | b/a/g af | ge dB | A/B/A A>B |
A2 GA | Bd g>f | g2 b/a/g/f/ | ed B>A |
B2 AG | Bd ce | dB AB | G/c/G G>A |
G4 |