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the Butterfly
Found in Butterfly_1.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection

X:1 T:the Butterfly M:9/8 L:1/8 S:Bothy's 1st Alb. Trk. 13 R:slipjig O:(Tommy Potts) N:Commonly ends with the first bar as a coda. N:Although this tune is often attributed to Tommy Potts, he wrote at most N:the first part. N:The other parts are variants of the old tunes Barney's Goat and Skin N:the Peeler. D:Bothy Band: 1975 Z:1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> K:Em |: "Em"B2E G2E "D"F3 | "Em"B2E G2E "D"FED | "Em"B2E G2E "D"F3 | "G"B2d d2B "D"AFD :| |: "Em"B2c e2f g3 | B2c g2e "D"dBA | "Em"B2c e2f g2a | "G"b2a g2e "D"dBA :| |: "Em"B>cB B2A G2A | B>cB BAB "D"dBA | "Em"B>cB B2A G2A | "G"B2d g2e "D"dBA :|
Alternative sources for this tune:
- terrytraub.org/abc/ButterflyJ/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Ireland/session/Butterfly_1_JC/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/EdWosika/Butterfly_2/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/Top/slipjig/Butterfly-Em-24-3/0000
- trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/slipjig/Butterfly-Em-24-3/0000
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