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Boyne Hunt (The)

“The Boyne Hunt” is a classic session reel. I learned it from my good friend Stéphane outside Pepper’s pub in Feakle, where we had a few quiet tunes between two great sessions during the Feakle Festival in 2013. It is usually played before “Rolling in the Ryegrass”.

X:1
T:Boyne Hunt, The
R:reel
M:4/4
K:D
A2FA DAFA|DAFA B~E3|A2FA DAFA|ABde fedB|
BAFA DAFA|DAFA B~E3|A2FA DAFA|ABde fdde||
faaf a2af|gfga bgeg|faaf afdB|ABde fdde|
faaf a2af|g2ga bgeg|fgfe d2dB|ABde fedB||
Sheet Music for "The Boyne Hunt"The Boyne Huntreel

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