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The English translation of this title is ‘The Tinker’s Wife’. I learned it from the concertina playing of John Kelly, whose lively style charmed many a tune out of the cobwebs of modern neglect.
B,4 D2 | E<E FE EDB,D | ED EF GBAG | EE FE ED B,A, |
A,2 B,D{/=F} DDB,D | EE FE EDB,D | EFAB cBcd | ec d/c/B cABA |
A^G EC DD B,D || EE FE EDB,D | ED EF GBAG | EE FE ED B,A, |
A,2 B,D{/=F} DDB,D | EE FE EDB,D | EFAB cBcd | ec dB cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D || E3 d ce BA | AE FA G/F/G AG | EA AB cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D | E3 d ce BA | AE Bc ddcd | ec eB BA A^G |
A^G EC DDB,D || E3 d ceBA | AE FA G/F/G AG | EA AB cABA |
A^GEC DDB,D | E3 d ceBA | AE Bc ddcd | ec dB cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D || EEFE EDB,D | ED EF GB AG | EEFE EDB,A, |
A,2 B,D DDB,D | EEFE EDB,D | EF AB cB cd | ec dB cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D || EE FE ED B,D | EDEF GBAG | EE FE =CD B,A, |
A,2 B,D DDB,D | EE FE EDB,D | EF (3^G/A/A/ A/B/ c3 d | ec d/c/B cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D || E3 d ceBA | AE FA G/F/G AG | EA AB cABA |
A^G EC DDB,D | E3 d ce BA | AE Bc ddcd | ec e>=c d B2 A |
A^G EC DDB,D || E3 d ce BA | AEFA G/F/G AG | EA AB cABA |
A^G EC DD B,D | E3 d ceBA | AE Bc ddcd | ec dB cA BA |
A^GEC (D4 | D8) |