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This reel may have come from the interpretation of ten-key melodeon players who could play it in the key of C. I learned it from the fiddler John Doherty, who said it was a Donegal fiddle version of ‘The Maids of Castlebar’.
A3 B | cC{/E} CC DCA,C | G,CEG AGEG | cCBC AcGE |
DC GC AG AB | cC{/E} CC DC A,C | G,C EG AG EG | cB cd cA GE |
DC DE CG AB || cC{/E} CC DCA,D | CC EG AG EG | cC BC Ac GE |
DC GC AG AB | cC{/E} CC DCA,C | G,C EG AG EG | cB cd cA GE |
DC DE C3 f || efga gecg | ec gc ac gc | de fg fd _Bf |
d_B fB gBfB | ef ge ag eg | fe df{/g} ecAB | cB cd cA GE |
DC DE C3 f || ef ga ge cg | ec gc acgc | defg fd_Bf |
d_B fB gB fB | ef ge ag eg | fe df{/g} ecAB | cB cd cAGE |
DC DE CG AB || cC{/E} CC DCA,C | G,CEG AGEG | cCBC AcGE |
DC GC AG AB | cC{/E} CC DC A,C | G,C EG AG AB | cB cd cA GE |
DC DE CE AB || cC{/E} CC DCA,D | CC EG AG EG | cC BC Ac GE |
DC GC AG AB | cC{/E} CC DCA,C | G,C EG AG AB | cB cd cA GE |
DCDE C3 f || ef ga ge cg | ec gc ac gc | de fg fd_Bf |
d_B fB gB fB | ef ge ag eg | fe df{/g} ecAB | cB cd cA GE |
DC DE C3 f || ef ga ge cg | ec gc ac gc | de fg fd _Bf |
d_B fB gB fB | efge fgeg | fe df{/g} ecAB | cBcd cAGE |
DC DE C4- | C4 |