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Flute and fiddle player Peter Horan plays this in A minor, while the recording here is in E minor. It’s an old Sligo tune that I first learned from Dublin whistle player Mary Bergin.
F3 A | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AB AF DF ED |
FG Ad BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | ADAB de fe |
dB AF E2 FA || BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AB AF DFED |
FG Ad BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AD AB de fe |
dB AF E2 FA || Be ed e/f/e de | f/g/f ed ef dB | AB AF DF ED |
FG Ad BA FA | Beed eede | f/g/f ed ef dB | AA Bc df ec |
dB AF E2 FA || Beed eede | f/g/f ed ef dB | ABAF DFED |
FG Ad BA FA | Beed e2 de | f/g/f ed efdB | AABc dfec |
dB AF EF GA || BEEE BA FA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | A3 F D2 ED |
E/F/G Ad BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AD AB de fe |
dB AF E2 FA || BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AB AF DF ED |
FG Ad BA FA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BE{/G} EE BAFA | AD AB de fe |
dB AF E2 FA || Beed eede | f/g/f ed efdB | AB AF DF ED |
FG Ad BA FA | Beed e/f/e de | f/g/f ed efdB | AABc dfec |
dB AF E2 FA || Beed e/f/e de | fg ed efdB | AB AF DF ED |
FG Ad BAFA | Beed e/f/e de | f/g/f ed efdB | AA Bc df ec |
dB AF E4 |