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Sonny Brogan is credited with introducing this reel when playing in Paddy O’Donoghue’s pub in Dublin around the early 1960s.
G3 A | BG dG BG GB | AF cF A F2 A | BG dG B G2 d |
A^F DF G3 A | BG dG BGGB | AF cF AF FA | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa g2 GA || BGdG BGGB | AF cF AF FA | BGdG BGGd |
A^F DF G3 A | BG dG BGGB | AF cF AFFA | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa gf ga || bg af gf dg | fd cB AFFa | bg af gf dc |
dg^fa gfga | bg af gf dg | fd cB AFFA | GBAc Bdc_e |
dg ^fa gf ga || bg af gf dg | fd cB AFFa | bg af gf dc |
dg ^fa gf ga | b2 a/b/a gf dg | fd cB AFFA | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa g2 GA || BG{/f} dG BGGB | AF cF AFFA | BG dG BGGd |
A^F DF G3 A | BG dG BGGB | AF cF AFFA | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa g2 GA || BG dG BGGB | AF cF AF FA | BG dG BGGd |
A^F DF G3 A | BG dG BG GB | AF cF AF FA | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa gf ga || bgaf gfdg | fd cB A F2 a | bg af gf dc |
dg ^fa gf ga | bg af gf dg | fd cB A F2 A | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa gg da || bg fd gfdg | fd cB A F2 a | bg af gf dc |
dg ^fa gf ga | b2 a/b/a gfdg | fdcB A F2 A | GB Ac Bd c_e |
dg ^fa g4 |