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Whenever I hear this one, I think of the late box player Kevin Keegan of Co. Galway, who lived and played in San Francisco during the 1960s and 70s. The tune is a simple one that I heard many times during broadcasts from Raidó Éireann.
E2 G F2 A GAB c2 G | E2 G F2 A GEC D2 C | E2 G F2 A GAB c2 d | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 G || E2 G F2 A GAB c2 C | E2 G F2 A GEC D2 C | E2 G F2 A GAB c2 d | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 d || ede cde fef def | ede cBc dBG G2 d | ede cde fef def | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 d || e2 e cde fef def | e2 e cde dBG G2 d | e2 e cde fef def | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 G || E2 G F2 A GAB c2 G | E2 G F2 A GEC D2 C | E2 G F2 A GAB c2 d | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 G || E2 G F2 A GAB c2 C | E2 G F2 A GEC D2 C | E2 G F2 A GAB c2 d | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 d || e2 e cde fef def | e2 e cde dBG G2 d | e2 e cde fef def | e2 c f2 e dcB c2 d | e2 e cde fef def | e2 e cde dBG G2 d | e2 e cde fef def | e2 c f2 e dcB c3 |