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This is another from Paddy’s great musical talent for composition. It typifies the old style of fiddle tunes from Aughrim, Co. Galway, where Paddy was born and reared. It would be a sin of sacrilege to mention Aughrim without writing the name of the great fiddler and composer Paddy Kelly, who played with Paddy Fahy when they were both members of the famous Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band.
B3 d | gfdc BGDE | =F/A/F cF dF cF | DG Bd gfge |
fg ag f/e/d ef | gf dc BG DE | =F2 cF dF cF | DG Bd gf dc |
Bd cA B/A/G Gg || gf dc BG DE | =F2 cF dF cF | DG Bd gf ge |
fg ag fd ef | gf dc BG DE | =F2 cF dF cF | DGBd gfdc |
Bd cA B/A/G Bd || g/f/g fa gbaf | gf ga gf de | fd{/e} dd Adfd |
e/f/g ag fdef | g/f/g fa gbaf | gf ga gf de | fd{/e} dd Adeg |
fd cA G2 Bd || g/f/g fa gb af | gf ga gf de | fd{/e} dd Adfd |
e/f/g ag fd ef | g/f/g fa gbaf | gf ga gfde | fd{/e} dd Adeg |
fd cA G2 Bd || gfdc BGDE | =F2 cF dFcF | DG Bd gfge |
fg ag f/e/d ef | gf dc BG DE | =F/A/F cF dFcF | DG Bd gf dc |
Bd cA B/A/G Gg || gf dc BG DE | =F2 cF dF cF | DG Bd gf ge |
fg ag fd ef | gf dc BG DE | =F2 cF dF cF | DGBd gfdc |
Bd cA B/A/G G2 || g/f/g fa gbaf | gf ga gf de | fd{/e} dd Adfd |
e/f/g ag fdef | g/f/g fa gbaf | gf ga gf de | fd d/e/d Adeg |
fd cA G2 Bd || g/f/g fa gb af | gf ga gf de | fd{/e} dd Adfd |
e/f/g ag fd- df | gfga bgaf | gb ag fdde | fded Ad e/f/g |
fd cA G4 |