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JB Samzun & Charles Monod - Aughavinna - Irish Traditional Music from Doolin, Co. Clare

Lady on the Island (The)

The Lady on the Island is a very common session tune. I first learned it from James Cullinan & PJ Crotty’s album “Happy to Meet”. It was also recorded by Dympna O’Sullivan on her beautiful CD “Bean chairdín” and by Hugh Healy and Blackie O’Connell.

I recorded this tune as part of a set of reels in memory of Dympna O’Sullivan a few years ago, it’s the second tune in the video below.

X:1
T:Lady on the Island, The
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
|BAFB AFEF|D2FA BAdB|BAFB A2AB |d2fd efdB|
BAFB AFEF|D2FA BAdB|BAFB A2AB|defd e2dB||
|d2fd efge|afdf edBA|d2fd efge|afdf e2 (3ABc|
d2fd efge|afdf edBA|defg afbf|afdf e2dB||

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