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I heard Packie Russell play his concertina for the first time in O’Connor’s pub in Doolin, Co. Clare in 1968. On the same occasion he played this reel. When I met him again, I asked him to give me another belt of it, and very soon I was trying it out for myself.
B6 A2 | GB{/d} BB GBdB | GB{/d} BB FGAD | GB{/d} BB GBdB |
ec AG FG AD | GB{/d} BB GBdB | GB{/d} BG FGAD | GB{/d} BB GBdg |
ec AG FGAc || BE{/G} EE BEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB c/B/c- cB |
AGFG AAGA | BE{/G} EE BEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB cEBG |
AG FD E/F/G AF || GB{/d} BB GBdB | GB{/d} BG E/F/G AD | GB{/d} BB GBdB |
ec AG FG AD | GB{/d} B-B GBdB | GBBG FGAD | GB{/d} BB GBdB |
ec AG E/F/G Ac || BE{/G} EE BEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB c/B/c- cB |
AGFG A-AGA | BE{/G} EE BEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB c/B/c BG |
AG FG AdBA || GB{/d} BB GBdB | GB{/d} BG FGAD | GB{/d} BB GBdB |
ec AG FG AD | GB{/d} BB GBdB | GB{/d} BG FGAD | GB{/d} BB GBdB |
eB AG FGAc || BE{/G} EE AEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB c/B/c- cB |
AGFG A-AGA | BE{/G} EE BEGA | BE{/G} EE ADFA | BEEB cEBG |
AG FG A2 GF | G8 |