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During the early days of our living in the U.S., I played a lot with fiddler James Kelly. After James gave me this march, he mentioned that he learned it from the Donegal fiddler John Doherty, who played it with great attention to detail. John claimed it to be an old regimental style march from the late 19th century.
A2 | d2 d>d d2 A/B/c/d/ | e2 e>e e2 de | f2 ef g2 f2 | e2 e>f e2 A2 | dd AA FF AA | dd AA FF AA | d>A df ed ef | d2 d>e d2 fg || a2 a2 b2 b2 | a>b ag fg af | g>f ga fg af | g>e ed e2 ef | g>f g/f/e/d/ c2 A2 | aa ff dd AA | f>e fa gf ed | a2 a>a a2 gf | ed cB AB cA | d>d d>d d/d/e fd | ed cB AB cA | d>d de de fd | B2 g>f g2 B2 | A2 f>f f2 af | e>d ed ed ef | d2 d>e d2 A2 || d2 d>d d2 A/B/c/d/ | e2 e>e e2 de | f2 ef g2 f2 | e2 e>e e2 A2 | dd AA FF AA | dd AA FF AA | d>d df ed fe | d2 d>d d2 fg || a2 a2 b2 b2 | a>b ag fgaf | g>f ga fg af | e>e ed e2 ef | g>f g/f/e/d/ c2 A2 | aa ff dd AA | f>e fa gf ed | a2 a>a a2 gf | ed cB AB cA | d>c de de fd | ed cB AB cA | d>d d>d defd | B2 g>f g2 B2 | A2 f>f f2 af | e>e ed edef | d2 d>e d4 |