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Humours of Loughrea (The)

“The Humours of Loughrea” is the second reel of a set I have learned from Noel O’Donoghue. The first tune of the set is “The Limestone Rock“. This particular tune is also known as “Tommy Whelan’s” or simply “Whelan’s”. It is associated with The Ballinakill Ceili Band from East Galway.

X:1
T:Humours of Loughrea (The)
T:Tommy Whelan’s
R:reel
M:4/4
K:G
G2GA B~A3|bgag egdB|G2GA BAAG|ABAG EGDE|
G2GA B~A3|bgag egdB|G2GA BAAG|ABAG EGD2||
g2eg fdBd|g~e3 gaba|g~e3 edBd|egfg e2ef|
g2eg fdBd|g~e3 gaba|g2gb a2ge|dgbg aged||

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