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There are several versions of this reel, with names such as ‘The Temperance Reel’, or ‘The Devil in Georgia’. Mrs. Crotty’s setting is an old Co. Clare concertina rendition.
G6 A2 | B2{/=B} _BA Bcde | fd gd fd cA | FA{/=B} AA dAcA |
FG Ac BA GF | B3 A Bc de | fd gd fd cf | dg{/c'} gg fdcA |
FAcA G G2 A || Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc AcFA | Bd{/f} dd Bdfd |
cB AF G3 A | Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc AcFA | B3 A Bd fd |
cB AF G3 A || B2 BA Bcde | fd gd fd cA | FA{/=B} AA dAcA |
FG Ac BA GF | B3 A Bc de | fd gd fd cf | dg{/c'} gg fdcA |
FA cA G/c/G- GA || Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc AcFA | Bd{/f} dd f f2 d |
cB AF G3 A | Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc AcFA | B3 A Bd fd |
cB AF G3 A || B2{/=B} _BA Bcde | fd gd fd cA | FA{/=B} AA dAcA |
FG Ac BA GA | B3 A Bc de | fd gd fd cf | dg{/c'} gg fdcA |
FA cA G/c/ G2 A || Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc AcFA | Bd dd Bdfd |
cB AF G3 A | Bd{/f} dd Bddc | Ac{/=e} cc Ac FA | B/=B/_B- BA Bdfd |
cB AF G4- | G4 |