Working Man’s Friend reel

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X: 1
T: Working Man's Friend
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
A|Beed efed|gfed BcBA|GEED E2DE|GEED EFGA|
Beed efed|gfed BcBA|GEED B,DGB|AGFG E3 :|
B|efga bgeg|fdd2 add2|efga bgaf|edBd e3B|
efga bgeg|fd (3d^cd ad (3d^cd|ecBA GABc|defd e3 :|
# Added by Zouki .

Two comments

Working Man’s Friend

This is from the Eddie Dooley manuscripts - there’s a note on the back of this that says "Con O’Shea Dungarvan 1968" - whether this was composed by O’Shea (a fiddler from The Spring mentioned elsewhere in Dooley’s notes) or is one of Dooley’s own is unresolved.

# Posted by Zouki .

Thank you and Question

This is a wonderful tune; thank you for posting it. It also led me to Monastery Stones, which is a keeper too. I was looking around for info on the Eddie Dooley manuscripts but didn’t much except brief references here on the session. Any pointers to more information? From Waterford, Ireland? (Not New Waterford, Nova Scotia, I don’t think?)