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At a tune-trading session with box player Billy McComiskey, I was introduced to this one, which Billy read and learned from one of Francis O’Neill’s collections. I said, “Billy, would you mind playing that again?” Billy replied “how many times over?” I immediately pressed the button on my portable cassette.
A2 B | c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,2 A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 B || c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 c BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 d || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A2 B || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBe | EFG A2 B || cAA BAG | AGE DB,C | A,2 A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 d BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 B || c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,2 A, E=FB, | DEG AGE | cAd BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 d || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A2 B || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A3- |
