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Accordion player Paddy Ryan of Tipperary played this reel at the Senior All-Ireland button accordion competition in 1964 at Clones, Co. Monaghan. It seems to me that many people were playing it soon afterward due to the availability of the tape recorder.
B4 d2 | eg dB GF GB | DG{/c} GG DGBG | dBAB GFGA |
Beed efge | dB AB GFGB | DG{/c} GG DE G/c/G | dB AB{/c} GFGA |
Be ed ef ge || dB{/d} BB dBge | dB{/d} BB ddge | dGBd gefd |
egdB A/B/A Bc | dB{/d} BB dBgf | ed ef gf ga | bg af gf ed |
ed ef gGBd || eg dB G/c/G- Gd | DG G/B/G DE/G/ BG | dB AB GF GA |
Be ed efge | dB AB GFGB | DGBG DEGA | BG AB GF GA |
Be ed ef ge || dBB{/d} B dBge | dB{/d} BB ddge | dG Bd g/f/e fd |
eg dB AA Bc | dB{/d} BB dBgf | ed ef gf ga | bg af gf ed |
ed ef gGBd || eg dB G3 B | DG G/B/G DGBG | dB AB{/c} GFGA |
Be ed ef ge | dB AB GF GB | DG{/c} GG DEGA | BG AB GFGA |
Beed e2 ge || dB{/d} BB dBge | dB{/d} BB ddge | dG Bd ge fd |
eg dB A2 Bc | dB{/d} BB dBgf | ed ef gf ga | bg af gfed |
ed ef g4 |