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This setting is a typical fiddler’s version of this tune. Michael Coleman is my main source for this version, which was a popular choice among the old Sligo players such as Martin Wynne, John Vesey and James ‘Lad’ O’Beirne.
B3 A | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | BE{/G} EE BAFA |
dc df ee d=c | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | dcde f/e/d ec |
dB AF E2 FA || BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | BE{/G} EE BAFA |
dcdf ee d=c | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | dc de f/e/d ec |
dB AF EG FE || DE FA dcdA | BdAF BFAF | DE FA dc de |
f/e/d AF EDEF | DE FA dc df | ed ef gg fg | af ge fd ec |
dB AF EG FE || D2 FA dc dA | Bd AF BF AF | DE FA dc de |
f/e/d AF EDEF | DE FA d3 f | ed ef gg fg | af ge fd ec |
dB AF EFGA || BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF D2 FA | BE{/G} EE BA F/G/A |
dc df e/g/e d=c | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | dc de f/e/d ec |
dB AF E2 FA || BE{/G} EE BA FA | BFAF D2 FA | BE{/G} EE BAFA |
dc df e/g/e d=c | BE{/G} EE BAFA | BF AF DE FA | dc de f/e/d ec |
dB AF GFEF || DE FA Be dB | A/B/A ^GB A=GFE | DE FA dcde |
f/e/d AF EDEF | DE FA dc df | ed ef gg fg | afge fdec |
dB AF EG FE || D2 FA dcdA | Bd AF BF AF | DE FA dcde |
f/e/d AF EDEF | DE FA dd-df | ed ef gg fg | af ge fd ec |
dBAF E4 |