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It was from an old Folkways recording that I first learned this reel, from the playing of the late Jean Carrignan of Montreal. His fiddle style, being of the French / Canadian tradition, gave the tune an offbeat kind of slant. Nevertheless, I loved its melody to the point of restructuring it to suit my own Irish interpretation.
AG | EA{/B} AA AGAB | cedB c2 EF | G G2 A GABc |
dB cB A/B/A A2 | EA{/B} AA AGAB | ce dB cd ef | g g2 e dB GB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || EA{/B} AA AGAB | cedB c2 EF | G3 A GABc |
dB cB A/B/A A2 | EA{/B} AA AGAB | ce dB cd ef | g g2 e dB GB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || a3 a agef | g g2 a gf ed | eaab agef |
gedB cA A2 | a3 b ag ef | g g2 a gfef | gfge dBGB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || a3 a agef | ggga gf ed | eaab agef |
gedB cA{/B} A2 | a3 a ag ef | gfga gfef | gfge dBGB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || EA A/B/A AGAB | cedB c2 EF | G3 A GABc |
dB cB A/B/A A2 | EAAA AGAB | ce dB cd ef | g g2 e dB GB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || EA{/B} AA AGAB | cedB c2 EF | G3 A GABc |
dB cB A/B/A A2 | EA A/B/A AGAB | ce dB cd ef | g g2 e dB GB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || a3 a agef | g3 a gfed | eaab agef |
gedB cA A2 | a3 b ag ef | g g2 a gfef | gfge dBGB |
cB AG A/B/A A2 || a3 a agef | g3 a gfed | eaab agef |
gedB cA{/B} A2 | a3 a ag ef | g3 a gfef | gfge dBGB |
cB AG A/B/A A2- | A4 |