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Old Mother Flanagan

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 9th 2003 by Grack.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

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X: 1
T: Old Mother Flanagan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: g2 gg edBA | B2 BB AGED | GAGE DEGA | BABc d4 |
g2 gg edBA | B2 BB AGED | GAGE DEGA | BGAF G4 :|
|: GAGE DEGA | B2 B2 AGED | GAGE DEGA | BABc d4 |
c2 ed B2 dd | B2 BB AGED | GAGE DEGA | BGAF G4 :|

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Old Mother Flanagan sheetmusic
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A common tune heard in the Appalachians, but of Irish origin.

# Posted on October 9th 2003 by Grack

Old Mother Flanagan

This makes me think that "Pretty Little Dog", that I posted some weeks ago, may also have Appalachian/Irish origins. The two tunes go nicely together - Old Mother Flanagan walking her Pretty Little Dog :)
Trevor

# Posted on October 10th 2003 by Trevor Jennings

Old Mother Flanagan

In a variation I like to play (my own), bars 5 and 6 of Part 2 are
|csec B2dB|A2AB AGED|
Trevor

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by Trevor Jennings

sorry! that "csec" should of course be "c2ec" !
Trevor

# Posted on October 12th 2003 by Trevor Jennings

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