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Sean was inspired by the reel ‘Paddy Ryan’s Dream’ which lured him into composing this lovely jig. It’s rather remarkable how this was achieved when one compares these two tunes of separate timings and phrasing. Sean sometimes hinted that he was ‘on very good terms’ with the little people. I often wondered what he really meant when he tried to explain how his tunes came to be.
A2 B | c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,2 A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 B || c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 c BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 d || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A2 B || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBe | EFG A2 B || cAA BAG | AGE DB,C | A,2 A, EDB, | DEG AGE | c2 d BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 B || c2 A BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,2 A, E=FB, | DEG AGE | cAd BAG | AGE DB,G, | A,/B,/A,A, ECE | DB,G, A,2 d || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A2 B || cBA aaa | bag edB | GBd gfg | G,B,D GAB | c2 c dcd | ede gab | age dBG | EFG A3- |
