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Girl I Left Behind Me, The (#52)

Found in waif-2.abc from the John Chambers' music books abc collection
Girl I Left Behind Me, The (#52) - staff notation
X: 2
T:Girl I Left Behind Me, The (#52)
M:2/4
L:1/16
S:Rice_Walsh manuscript
R:March
K:G
gf|edB^c dBA=c|BAGF EDEF|GFGA GABc|dedc B2gf|
(3efg de (3Bcd Ac|BAGF EDEF|GFED EGFA|G4 G2:|
|:BA|Bdef gfgb|agfe d2Bd|edef gfed|(3efg af g2fg|
(3efg de (3Bcd Ac|BAGF EDEF|GFED EGFA|G4 G2:|
|:gf|(3efg dB (3cde cA|(3Bcd BG FDEF|GBdB cdec|(3efg (3fga gfed|
(3efg dB (3cde cA|(3Bcd BG FDEF|GFED EGFA|G4 G2:|
|:GF|DGBd dcAB|cBGB BAFA|DGBd dcAg|(3fga gf gdBG|
DGBd dcAB|cBGB BAFA|BAGA (3Bcd FA|G4 G2:|
|:dc|BA (3Bcd ed (3efg|(3fga gf gdBG|BA (3Bcd ed (3efg|(3fga gf g2fg|
(3efg dB (3cde cA|(3Bcd BG FDEc|(3BdB GB (3AcA FA|G4 G2:||
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% Few tunes are more widely known than "The Girl I Left Behind Me",
% or "The Spalpeen Fanach", as an air, march, or hornpipe. Even so,
% no apology is needed for the introduction of this elaborate setting
% with variations by Jeremiah Breen, a famous blind fiddler of North
% Kerry of the past generation. His tunes noted down by a pupil,
% Thomas Rice, were transcribed by a friend Sergt. James P. Walsh
% of the Chicago Police.

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