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Rakish Paddy’ comes to mind whenever I listen to John Doherty’s playing of this reel. Perhaps ‘Holland’s Reel’ is a Donegal setting of ‘Rakish Paddy’. I learned it from a tape of Doherty given to me by Donal Ward, and the Antrim singer Len Graham supplied me with the title.
A3 B | cd ed cd BG | AB GB ADDA | dd- dc dfeg |
fd eg fded | cd ed c/e/c Bd | cA Gc AD DC | DE FG Ad dB |
cA Gc AD AB || cd ed cd BG | AB GB AD- DA | dd-dc d/e/d eg |
fd eg fded | cd ed c/e/c Bd | cA G=F EC B,C | D^C DE =FA dB |
cA GE D2 gf || ef g/f/g ag/f/ gf | ga gf ed ^ce | d/e/d ad bdad |
ddag ed^cd | ef g2 a/g/f gf | ga gf ed ^c/d/e | af ge fd ed |
cB cE D2 gf || ef g/f/g a/g/f gf | ga gf ed ^ce | d/e/d ad bdad |
dd ag ed ^cd | ec gc ac gc | ga gf ed ^ce | de fg ab ag |
fg ef dg ed || cd ed cd BG | AB GB AD- DA | dd- dc d/e/d eg |
fd eg fd ed | cd ed c/e/c Bd | cA Gc AD DC | DE FG Ad dB |
cA Gc AD AB || cd ed cd BG | AB GB AD DA | dd-dc d/e/d eg |
fd eg fd ed |{/e} cded c/e/c Bd | cA G=F ECB,C | D^CDE =FAdB |
cA GE D2 gf || ef g/f/g a/g/f gf | gagf ed ^ce | d/e/d ad bd ad |
dd ag ed ^cd | ef g2 a/g/f gf | ga gf ed ^c/d/e | af ge fd ed |
cBcE D2 gf || ef g/f/g ag/f/ gf | ga gf ed ^ce | d/e/d ad bd ad |
dd ag ed ^cd | ec gc ac gc | ga gf ed ^ce | de fg ab ag |
fg ef d4- | d4 |