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This reel was a favorite of the old Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band. Two of its members, Paddy Kelly and Paddy Fahy, both fiddlers and composers, were the chief inaugurators of its widespread attention during the 1940s and 1950s.
g6 e2 | d2 BG DG BG | dG B/A/G dgfe | dd BG DG BG |
cB AB ce ge | dd BG DGBG | dG BG dgfe | ddBG DGBG |
cB AB ccBc || dg g/f/g de=fe | dg ed{/B} ce/c/ Bc | dg gg de=fe |
dcAB c2 Bc | dg{/c'} gg de=fe | dggd{/e} ccBc | dg{/c'} gg ag ef |
gd AB ce ge || dd BG DG B/A/G | dG BG dgfe | ddBG DGBG |
cB AB ce ge | ddBG DGBG | dG B/A/G dg{/e} fe | ddBG DGBG |
cB AB c2 Bc || dg{/c'} gg de=fe | dggd ce/c/ Bc | dg{/c'} gg de=fe |
dc AB c2 Bc- | dg{/c'} gg de=fe | dggd c/e/c Bc | dg{/c'} gg agef |
gd AB ce ge || d2 BG DGBG | dGBG dg fe | ddBG DGBG |
cB AB ce ge | dd BG DG B/A/G | dG BG dg fe | ddBG DGBG |
cB AB c2 Bc || dg{/c'} gg de=fe | dggd c/e/c Bc | dg{/c'} gg de=fe |
dcAB c2 Bc | dg{/c'} gg de=fe | dg gd c/e/c Be | dggg agef |
gd AB cc BA | G8 |