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This is a tune that was extremely popular among early recording groups during the folk revival of the early 1970s. I learned it from overhearing session musicians play it in Paddy O’Donoghue’s bar in Merrion Row in Dublin.
dd B/c/d/B/ | AF AF | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF ED | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF Ad/e/ | fd ec | d2 dA || dd B/c/d/B/ | AF AF | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF ED | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF Ad/e/ | fd ec | d2 d>e || fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd Ad | fa a>g | fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd ec | d2 d>e || fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd Ad | fa a>g | fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd ec | d2 dA || dd B/c/d/B/ | AF AF | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF ED | dd (3BdB | AF Ad/e/ | fd ec | d2 dA || dd B/c/d/B/ | AF AF | dd B/c/d/B/ | AF ED | dd B/c/d/B/ | A/G/F Ad/e/ | fd ec | d2 d>e || fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd Ad | fa a>g | fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd ec | d2 d>e || fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd Bd | fa a>g | fd de/f/ | gf ed/e/ | fd ec | d2 d2 |
