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This hornpipe was taken from the slow air, ‘Sean O Duibhir A Ghleanna.’ I learned it from Dublin box player Carolyn Mitchell, who played it over the phone for me. It was also recorded on Dublin fiddler Sean Keane’s first LP in 1970.
d3 B | (3GcG GB d2 BG | cB cd e2 dc | BG dG (3BAG dG |
BA BG AB dB | (3GcG GB d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bd Ad |
B2 GG G2 dB || (3GcG GB d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG (3BAG dG |
BA AG AB dB | (3GcG GB d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bd Ad |
B2 GG G2 Bd || gf ge d2 BG | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG BGdB |
BA BG A2 Bd | gf ge d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bg Ad |
B2 GG G2 Bd || gf ge dg Bd | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG (3BAG dG |
BA BG A2 Bd | gf ge d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bg Ad |
B2 GG Ge dB || (3GcG GB d2 Bd | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG (3BAG dG |
BA{/B} AG A2 dB | (3GcG GB d2 BG | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bd Ad |
B2 GG GedB || (3GcG GB dgBd | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG BGdB |
BA AG AB dB | (3GcG GB dgBd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bd Ad |
(3BdB GG G2 Bd || gf ge dgBd | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG BGdB |
BA{/B} AG A2 Bd | gf ge dgBd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd Bg Ad |
B2 GG G2 Bd || gf ge d2 BG | cB cd e2 dc | (3BAG dG BGdB |
BAAG A2 Bd | gf ge dgBd | cB cd e2 dc | Bd gd BdAd |
B2 GG G4 |