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Clare fiddler John Kelly’s mother played this setting of ‘The Cliffs of Moher’ on her concertina. Nowadays it’s played by her grandson James Kelly and at least four great-grandchildren, with one of them playing concertina and the other three fiddles. It was given to me via a number of recordings of the Kelly families.
d2 | eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGG |
BAG Bcd | eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGd |
BAA ABd || eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGG |
BAG Bcd | eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG Dcd |
BAA ABd || ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DGG |
BAG Bcd | ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DG{/B}d |
BAA A2 d || ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DGG |
BAG A/B/cd | ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DGd |
BAA ABd || eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGG |
BAG{/A}Bcd | eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGd |
BAA ABd || eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGG |
BAG{/A}Bcd | eaa a2 g | eaa ged | BGG DGd |
BAA A2 d || ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DGG |
BAG{/A}Bcd | ege dBA | Bee d2 c | BGG DGd |
BAA ABd || ege dBA | Bee dBA | BGG DGG |
BAG{/A}Bcd | ege dBA | Bee dcA | BGG DGd |
BAA A3 |