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Piper Seamus Ennis always claimed to have learned this one from his father. It’s one of those tunes that came to me in bits and pieces when Seamus was playing the odd gig at Slattery’s bar in Capel Street, Dublin.
A6 G2 | F/G/F FG ABAG | FDFG ABdA | F/G/F FG ABAG |
EC EF GB AG | F/G/F FG AB AG | FD FG AB dA | F/G/F FG ABAG |
EC EF GA Bc || dB cA BGGA | Bd cB AA Bc | dB c{/B} A BGGA |
Bd cA GA Bc | dB cA BG GB | Ad d/e/d efge | dB cA BG GA |
BdcA G2 eg || fd de fd Ad | fd e/f/g afge | fddf Adfd |
cd ef gfge | fd df Adde | fd e/f/g a2 fg | af ge fd ed |
^cd ef ge AG || F/G/F FG AA-AG | FD FG AB dA | FFFG ABAG |
EC EF GB AG | F/G/F FG ABAG | FD FG AB dA | F/G/F FG ABAG |
EC EF GA Bc || dB cA BGGA | Bd cB AABc | dB cA BG{/c} GA |
Bd cA GA Bc | dBcA BGGB | Ad d/e/d ef ge | dB cA BGGA |
Bd cA G2 eg || fd de fd Ad | fd e/f/g af ge | fd df Ad ed |
cd ef gb ag | fd df Adde | fd e/f/g ae fg | af ge fd ed |
^cd ef g4- | g4 |