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A romantic name for any Irish immigrant who longs to see the shores of Ireland once again. I was twelve years old, standing alone in an old country hall in Co. Offaly when I heard box player Ellen Flanagan play this. I don’t remember how I learned it after, except that box players were attracted to it and played it at many competitions during the 1950s and 1960s.
BA | G2 DC B,D GB | d2 ef gdBG | A2 ED ^CEAG |
(3FGA df edBA | GG DC B,D GB | dd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA GABA || G2 DC B,D GB | dd ef gd BG | (3ABA ED ^CEAG |
(3FGA df edBA | G2 DC B,D GB | dd ef gdBd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA Gdef || gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd BG | CE Gc B,D GB |
AB cA de fd | gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA Gdef || gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd BG | CE Gc B,D GB |
AB cA de fd | gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA GABA || G2 DC B,D GB | d2 ef gdBG | (3ABA ED ^CEAG |
(3FGA df edBA | G2 DC B,DGB | dd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA G2 BA || GEDC B,DGB | dd ef gd BG | (3ABA ED ^CEAG |
(3FGA df edBA | G2 DC B,D GB | dd ef gdBd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA Gdef || gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd BG | CE Gc B,D GB |
AB cA de fd | gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA Gdef || gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd BG | CE Gc B,D GB |
AB cA de fd | gG{/c} GG dG (3BAG | Bd ef gd Bd | ec GE Cg fe |
(3ded (3cBA G4 |