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Jimmy Mulqueeny was a fiddler from Kilfenora, Co. Clare. He played with the old Kilfenora Céilí Band of the 1940s and 50s. This is an old tune of his which was later played on LP recordings by Tommy Peoples and Matt Molloy. My own interpretation of it as played here is in the key of F.
A3 G | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dGBd cFAc |
_BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
(3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf ed ce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
_BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
(3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf FA cf | FA fA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
(3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF FAcf | FAfA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
cfed (3cec _BG || (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | FAfA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
(3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | (3FAc fA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
cfed cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdef gceg |
aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdec (3ABc GE |
(3FAF Ac cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gc'g ed | cdef gceg |
aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gage gede | cdec (3ABc GE |
(3FAF Ac fd{/e} cA || (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dGBd cFAc |
_BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
(3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf ed ce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
_BA GF (3EGE C2 | (3FAc fd edce | dG Bd c2 fe | dG Bd cF Ac |
(3_BAG EG (3FAF FE || FA cf FA cf | FA fA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
(3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | FAfA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
cfed (3cec _BG || FAcf FAcf | FAfA dA c2 | (3CEG eC (3CEG eC |
(3CEG ed cd_BG | (3FAc fF (3FAc fF | (3Fc-c fA dAcf | (3ege dc dGBd |
cfed cdef || g2 ge gage | gega (3gag ed | cdef gceg |
aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gegf g2 ed | cdec (3ABc GE |
(3FAF Ac cdef || g2 ge gage | gega gede | cdef gceg |
aAfd cdef | g2 ge gage | gega gede | cdec (3ABc GE |
(3FAF Ac f4 |