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This one is said to have come from the piping of James Quinn (1805-1890) who was also known as ‘Old Man Quinn’. Music collector Francis O’Neill wrote that he knew Quinn in Chicago as the first uilleann piper to become a resident of the city.
G2 A | Bde dBG | Bde d2 G | Bde dBG |
agf e2 d | Bde dBG | Bde d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf e2 G || Bde dBG | Bde d2 G |{/A} Bde dBG |
agf e2 d | Bde dBG | Bde d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf efg || dBB gBB | dBB dde | dBB gBB |
agf e2 g | dBB gBB | dBB d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf e2 g || dBB gBB | dBB d2 g | dBB gBB |
agf{/d} e2 B | def gab | agf edc | BAG dgb |
agf{/d} e2 G || Bde dBG | Bdd d2 G | Bde dBG |
agf{/d} e2 G | Bde dBG | Bde d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf e2 G || Bde dBG | Bde d2 G | Bde dBG |
agf e2 G | Bde dBG | Bde d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf efg || dBB gBB | dBB dde | dBB gBB |
agf e2 g | dBB gBB | dBB d2 c | BAG dgb |
agf e2 g || dBB gBB | dBB dde | dBB gBB |
agf e2 B | def gab | agf edc | BAG dgb |
agf e3- |