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Banjo player Peter Fitzgerald wrote the first part of this reel and flute player Frank Claudy wrote the second part. It was their contribution as a wedding gift to Phillippe Varlet and Mary Duke Smith on the occasion of their marriage. Peter lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and Frank now lives in Bettendorf, Iowa.
d3 B | A/B/A BG dd BG | AB AG EEFG | AA BG dGBG | AB GE D3 B | AABG ddBG | AB AG EE FG | AABG dGBG | ABGE D3 d || Beed BABc | BE EF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 d | Beed BABc | BEEF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 A || AABG d2 BG | AB AG EEFG | AA BG dGBG | AB GE D3 B | AABG ddBG | AB AG E2 FG | AABG dGBG | ABGE D3 d || Beed BABc | BE EF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 d | Beed BABc | BEEF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 A || AA/A/ BG d2 BG | AB AG EEFG | AA BG dGBG | AB GE D3 B | AABG ddBG | AB AG EE FG | AABG dGBG | ABGE D3 d || Beed BABc | BE EF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 d | Beed BABc | BEEF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 A || AABG dG BG | AB AG EFGE | AA BG dGBG | AB GE D3 B | AABG dGBG | AB AG EF GE | A2 BG dGBG | ABGE D3 d || Beed BABc | BE EF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A3 d | Beed BABc | BEEF GABA | Be ed BAdB | AFDF A4 |