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    The last of the twins, hornpipe

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    Source Paddy O'Brien Tune Collection
    Key Signature C Major
    Time Signature 4/4
    Number of Parts 2
    Tonic c

    An interesting title for a tune. A couple looking through their kitchen window as a funeral procession passed by may have remarked, “Well, there goes the last of the twins”. In any case, this title has its secret message from the early days of Irish music in Chicago. Francis O’Neill included it in his collection from which a neighbor of mine introduced it to me during the early 1950s. As time went by, I heard it played by céilí bands on the radio.

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    The last of the twins, hornpipe

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     A3 G | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dGBd cFAc |
 _BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 (3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf ed ce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 _BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 (3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf FA cf | FA fA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
 (3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF FAcf | FAfA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
 cfed (3cec _BG || (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | FAfA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
 (3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | (3FAc fA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
 cfed cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdef gceg |
 aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdec (3ABc GE |
 (3FAF Ac cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gc'g ed | cdef gceg |
 aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gage gede | cdec (3ABc GE |
 (3FAF Ac fd{/e} cA || (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dGBd cFAc |
 _BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 (3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf ed ce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 _BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
 (3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf FA cf | FA fA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
 (3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | FAfA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
 cfed (3cec _BG || FAcf FAcf | FAfA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
 (3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | (3Fc-c fA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
 cfed cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdef gceg |
 aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gegf g2 ed | cdec (3ABc GE |
 (3FAF Ac cdef || g2 ge gage | gega gede | cdef gceg |
 aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gega gede | cdec (3ABc GE |
 (3FAF Ac f4 |

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