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I learned this setting from the late Tommy Potts, who lived in Walkinstown, Dublin. Tommy is well known for his extraordinary tune settings, which reflected a creativity otherwise unknown to most traditional musicians in Ireland.
G3 A | BA GB AG FD | GF DE FD C_E | DG G^F GA Bc |
dg ge fd cA | BG DB, CF AF | GB AG{/A} FDC_E | DGGF GABc |
de fd AG G2 || B/=B/c c_B GA B/A/G | _EG,CE G,CEC | B,D G^F GABc |
dg ge fdcA | BF{/A} FF AG{/c} GG | FG _EF DE CD | B,D G^F GA Bc |
de fd AGGB || =Bggf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gd eg | fe fg fc{/e} cc |
fa ge fd cf | dggf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gd eg | fe fa ge fg |
a^f ge =fd cf || dg{/c'} gf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gd eg | fc AF CF Ac |
fc ec f/d/=B c2 | dg{/c'} gf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gd eg | fe fa ge fg |
a^f ge =fd eA || G3 c AF FF | GB AG AD C_E | DG G^F GABc |
dg ge fd cA | dc Ad cA GB | AG{/A} FD GFDB, | G,A, B,D GA Bc |
de fd AG G2 || B/=B/c c_B GA B/A/G | _EG, CE G,C EC | B,DG^F GABc |
dg ge fd cA | BF{/A} FF AG{/c} GG | FG EF D_E CD | B,D G^F GA Bc |
defd AGGB || dggf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gd eg | f/e/f fg fc{/e} cc |
fa ge fd{/e} cf | dggf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gdeg | fe fa ge fg |
aa- ag fd ef || dg{/c'} gf gd{/f} dd | gd ad gdeg | f/e/f fg fc{/e} cc |
fa ge fd{/e} cA | GB dG gd Bd | AG cg fd eg | fe fa ge fg |
a^f ge =fd eA | sG8 |