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I suspect that this was taken from an old Irish air because of its obvious feeling when played very slow. No one seems to know where the Galway woman got it. I heard it for the first time through a radio broadcast by the Ballinamere Céilí Band on a Saturday evening during the summer of 1964.
d3 c | BG AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d/e/f ed ^cA d{/e} =c | Bd AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d^c AF G3 A || B2 AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d/e/f ed ^cA d=c | Bd AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d^c AF G3 B || de fg a2 fa | gf ef d^c Ad | de fg ad{/=f} dd |
fd fa ggfe | de fg a2 fa | gf ef d^cAG | FD E/F/G Agfe |
d^c AF G3 B || de fg aa fa | gfef d^cAd | de fg ad{/=f} dd |
fd fa ggfe | defg a2 fa | gf ef d^c AG | FD E/F/G Agfe |
d^c AF G2 A2 || B2 AF DGGG | AB cA de fg | afge fg fe |
d/e/f ed ^cA d=c | Bd AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d^c AF G3 A || BG AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d/e/f ed ^cA d=c | Bd AF DG{/c} GG | AB cA de fg | af ge fg fe |
d^c AF G3 d || de fg a2 fa | gfef d^cAd | de fg ad{/=f} dd |
fd fa ggfe | de fg a2 fa | gf ef d^c AG | FD E/F/G Agfe |
d^c AF G3 B || de fg a2 fa | gf ef d^cAd | de fg ad{/=f} dd |
fd fa ggfe | de fg a2 fa | gf ef d^c AG | FD E/F/G Agfe |
d^c AF G4 |