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Father Kelly’s

“Father Kelly’s” is quite a common session reel. I learned it after a Sunday evening session at Gus O’Connor’s Pub with Hugh Healy, Noel O’Donoghue and Kevin Griffin.

X:1
T:Father Kelly’s
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:G
|:B2GB AGEG|DGGF G2AB|c2AB cBAG|EGAG FDGA|
B2GB AGEG|DGGF GABc|d2Bd gdBd|1 cAFA ~G3A:|2 cAFA GABc||
|:d2Bd gdBd|d2Bd gdBd|e2ce agfe|defg agfe|
d2Bd gdBd|d2Bd gdBd|c2Ac BAGB|1 AGFA GABc:|2 AGFA ~G3A||

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