Mick was a local musician from my neck of the woods near Daingean, Co. Offaly. He visited our old thatched house very often during the 1950s. He showed me some rudiments of the accordion and was a great storyteller. I learned afterwards that his many visits for music and yarns were a pretense. In reality, he was a slave to the taste of my mother’s fresh bread. He was an old man when I knew him. My last memory is of him tugging at the lobe of his right ear, uttering, “Isn’t it great to be a musician, with all the adorable treatment we get!” This jig was one of his. I never heard anyone else play it.

 =F A2 G | FDF A2 B | =cAd cAG | Adc d2 e |
 fed =cAG | FDF A2 B | =cAd cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD DAG || FDF A2 B | =cAd cAG | Adc dde |
 fed =cAG | FDF A2 B | =c/d/cc cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD D2 g || fdg fed | Add Adg | fdg fed |
 ABc (3def g | a3 g2 e | fed cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD D2 g || fdg fed | Add Adg | fdg fed |
 ABc (3def g | a3 g2 e | fed cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD DAG || FDE A2 B | =cAd cAG | Adc dde |
 fed =cAG | FDF A2 B | =c/d/cc cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD DAG || FDF A2 B | =cAd cAG | Adc dag |
 fed =cAG | F{/G} FF GAB | =cAd ^cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD D2 g || fdg fed | Add Adg | fdg fed |
 ABc (3def g | a3 g2 e | fed cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD D2 g || fdg fed | Add Adg | fdg fed |
 ABc (3def g | a3 g2 e | fed cAG | Adc AGE |
 FDD D3 |