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At a tune-trading session with box player Billy McComiskey, I was introduced to this one, which Billy read and learned from one of Francis O’Neill’s collections. I said, “Billy, would you mind playing that again?” Billy replied “how many times over?” I immediately pressed the button on my portable cassette.
A/B/A-A G | FED dfd | ecA BGE | GGG edB | ABA GFE | FAD GBd | Ace dAG | F/G/FF ECE | DED DAG || FED dfd | ecA BGE | GGG edB | ABA GFE | FAD GBd | Ace dAG | F/G/FF EFE | DED D2 A || ded def | ABA Fdc | Bcd efg | fdf ecA | FED def | efg fBA | F2 F EFE | DED D2 A || d2 d def | ABA Fdc | Bcd efg | fdf ecA | FED def | efg fdA | F/G/FF EFE | DED DAG || FED dfd | ecA BGE | GGG edB | ABA GFE | FAD GBd | Ace dAG | F/G/FF EFE | DED DAG || FED dfd | ecA BGE | GGG edB | A/B/AA GFE | FAD GBd | Ace dAG | F/G/FF ECE | DED D2 A || ded def | ABA Fdc | Bcd efg | fdf ecA | FED def | efg fdA | F/G/FF EFE | DED D2 A || d2 d def | ABA Fdc | Bcd efg | fdf ecA | FED def | efg fdA | F/G/FF EFE | DED D3- |
