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Jimmy Mulqueeny was a fiddler from Kilfenora, Co. Clare. He played with the old Kilfenora Céilí Band of the 1940s and 50s. This is an old tune of his which was later played on LP recordings by Tommy Peoples and Matt Molloy. My own interpretation of it as played here is in the key of F.
d d2 c | BG Dd BG Bd | ge fd e2 dc | BG Dd BG Bd | cd BG A2 dc | (3BAG Ad BGBd | ge fd ee dc | Bd fe dc AF | G2 GA GB dc || (3BAG Dd BGDd | ge fd ee dc | (3BAG DB BGBd | cd BG A2 dc | (3BAG dG BGBd | gefd eedc | Bdfe dcAF | G2 GA G2 ga || bagf efga | bagf e2 fg | agfe defg | agfe d2 ef | gfgd (3efe dB | cBAB cdef | gfgd ecAF | G2 GA G2 ga || bagf efga | bagf e2 fg | ag fe de fg | ag fe d2 ef | gf gd (3efe dB | cB AB cd ef | gf gd ec AF | G2 GA Ge dc || (3BAG Dd BGDd | ge fd eg dc | BG DG BG Bd | ed BG (3ABA dc | (3BAG Dd BGBd | ge fd eg ec | Bd fe dc AF | G2 GA G2 dc || (3BAG Dd BGDd | ge fd eg ec | BG Dd BG Bd | cd BG A2 dc | (3BAG dG BGBd | ge fd eg dc | Bd fe dcAF | G2 GA Ggga || ba gf ef ga | ba gf eefg | ag fe de fg | ag fe d2 ef | gf gd (3efe dB | cB AB cd ef | gf gd ec AF | (3GcG GA G2 ga || ba gf ef ga | ba gf e2 fg | ag fe de fg | ag fe de fd | gf gd (3efe dB | cB AB cd ef | gf gd ec AF | G2 GA G4 |