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This reel was given to me on a cassette mailed from Sitka, Alaska. The tape featured the box playing of Jake Schumacher, who was living there at the time. Jake mentioned that this reel was written by Benedict Koehler, an uilleann piper from the Boston area.
B3 | B,EEF GE CE | FD{/=F} DE DEGA | Be{/g} ee dBAF |
GEDB, EA,A,D | B,EEF GABA/^G/ | ABde fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DF E3 B || B,E EF GECE | FD{/=F} DE DEGA | Be e^c dB AF |
GE DB, EA,A,D | B,E EF GA BA/^G/ | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DF E2 FA || Beef gfeg | fe d^c dA cB | A2 de fd ed |
dB AF DA FD | CCEF GAB^G | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E FG E2 FA || Beef gfeg | fe d^c dd-dB | AB de fded |
dB AF DA FD | CE EF GA B/A/^G | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DF E3 B || B,E EF GE CE | FD{/=F} DE DEGA | Be{/g} ee dBAF |
GE DB, EA,A,D | B,EEF GAB^G | ABde fded | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DF E3 B || B,E EF GE CE | FD{/=F} DE DE ^FA | Be e^c dBAF |
GEDB, EA,A,D | B,E EF F/G/A B^G | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DF E3 e || Be ef gfeg | fe d^c d d2 B | AB de fd ed |
dB AF DA FD | CEEF GA B/A/^G | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E ^DB E3 e || Be ef gfdg | fe d^c dA cB | A2 de fd ed |
dB AF DA FD | CEEF GAB^G | AB de fd ed | dB AF DE FD |
E/F/E FE E4 |