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Tommy Potts got great mileage out of playing this reel. He told me he got it from his father, John Potts. I learned it from the late fiddler John Kelly of Capel Street in Dublin. He told me I should never play it without first having a big swallow of minted whiskey.
D6- | D2 AG EG{/c} GG | Ac GA cA GE | D2 AG EG{/c} GG |
AcGE EDCG | D2 AG EG{/c} GG | A/B/A GA cA GE | D2 AG EG{/c} GG |
Ac GE EDDE || ^FG AB cE GE | FA de fd ed |{/e} cADE F/E/D ED |
CE AG E D2 E | ^FG AB cE GE | FA de fd ed |{/e} cAGE FEFG |
Ad dB cA GE || D2 AG EG{/c} GG | Ac GA cA GE | D2 AG EG{/c} GG |
A/B/A GE EDCE | D2 AG EG{/c} GG | A/B/A GA cA GE | DE AG EG{/c} GG |
Ac GE EDDE || ^FG AB cE GE | FA de fd ed | cA DE F/E/D ED |
CE AG EDDE | ^FG AB cE GE | FA de fd ed |{/e} cAGE FEFG |
AddB cAGE || D2 AG EG{/c} GG | A/B/A GA cA GE | DA AG EG G2 |
A2 GE EDCA | D2 AG EG{/c} GG | A/B/A GA cA GE | D2 AG EG{/c} GG |
Ac GE EDDE || ^FG AB cEGE | FA de fd ed | cA DE F/E/D ED |
CE AG EDDE | ^FG AB Bc B/A/G | A/B/c de fded |{/e} cAGE FEFG |
Ad dB cA GE | D8- |
