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There are a couple of variants of this reel, depending on whether it’s played on the flute or the fiddle. It’s a reel that I associate with the Hynes brothers, Michael and Martin, from near Kilfenora, Co. Clare. Both of these men are fine flute players and my source of this reel.
G3 A Bdgd | BedB AGED | G3 G GABd | egfa gedB | G/c/G GA Bdgd | BedB AGED | GBAB GABd | egfa g3 d || g g2 a bgaf | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GA Bd | eg fa gf ed | g2 ga bg af | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GABd | egfa gedB || G3 A Bdgd | BedB AGED | GBAB GABd | egfa gedB | G3 A Bdgd | BedB AGED | G3 G GABd | egfa g3 d || g3 a bgaf | ggba gfed | Bd BA GA Bd | eg fa gf ed | g2 ga bg af | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GABd | egfa gedB || G/c/G GA Bdgd | BedB AGED | G3 G GABd | egfa gedB | G/c/G GA Bdgd | BedB AGED | G3 G GABd | egfa g3 d || g3 a bgaf | ggba gfed | Bd BA GA Bd | eg fa gf ed | g2 ga bg af | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GABd | egfa gedB || G/c/G GA Bdgd | BedB AGED | GBAB GABd | egfa gedB | G/c/G GA Bdgd | BedB AGED | GBAB GABd | egfa g2 Bd || g g2 a bgaf | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GA Bd | eg fa gf ed | g2 ga bg af | g2 ba gfed | Bd BA GABd | egfa gedB | sG8 |