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This is one of the many tunes composed by box playing maestro Billy McComiskey, who lives with his wife Annie and sons in Baltimore, Maryland. It seems that I may have heard it played by Billy because I’ve no memory of learning it from anyone else.
B A2 B | cBc AGE | C/E/CC DB,G, | CEG CEc |
ddc BAB | cBc AGE | C/E/CC DB,G, | CEG Adc |
BAB ccG || cBc AGE | CEC DB,G, | CEG CEG |
Bdc BAB | cBc AGE | CEC DB,G, | CEG Adc |
BAB c3 || D/F/DD B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cBc BGE | DED B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cA^F GFE || D/F/DD B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cBc BGE | DED B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cA^F GAB || cBc AGE | CCC DB,G, | CEG CEG |
ddc BAB | cBc AGE | CEC DB,G, | CEG Adc |
BAB ccG || cBc AGE | C/E/CC DB,G, | CEG CEG |
ddc BAB | cBc AGE | CEC DB,G, | CEG Adc |
BAB cc{/B} c || D/F/DD B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cBc BGE | DED B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cA^F GFE || DED B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cBc BGE | DED B,DG | B,DG B2 d | ece dBG |
cA^F G3- |