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Sean was inspired by the reel ‘Paddy Ryan’s Dream’ which lured him into composing this lovely jig. It’s rather remarkable how this was achieved when one compares these two tunes of separate timings and phrasing. Sean sometimes hinted that he was ‘on very good terms’ with the little people. I often wondered what he really meant when he tried to explain how his tunes came to be.
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