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The title of this is the longest name for a tune I’ve ever known. It was composed by the late Co. Clare fiddler Martin ‘Junior’ Crehan (1908-1998). After I learned it, I couldn’t stop playing it over and over because of the profound Gaelic nature of the composition.
B3 | AGE EDE E2 E | AGE EDE GAB | AGE EDE E2 E | EDE GAB AGE | AGE EDE E2 E | AGE EDE GAB | AGE EDE E2 E | EDE GAB AGA || Bdd d2 B d2 d | edB edB dBA | Bdd d2 e d2 B | AGA B/c/BA GED | Bdd d2 B d2 d |[M:6/8] edB dBd |[M:9/8] ege dBA B2 G | AGA B2 A GEG | AGE EDE E2 E || AGE EDE GAB | AGE EDE E2 E | EDE GAB AGE | AGE EDE E2 E | AGE EDE GAB | AGE EDE E2 E | EDE GAB AGA || Bdd d2 B d2 d | edB edB dBA | Bdd d2 e d2 B | AGA B/c/BA GED | Bdd d2 B d2 d | edB edB dBd | ege dBA B2 G | AGA B/d/BA GEG- | G |
