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The Wheels Of The Train jig

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X: 1
T: The Wheels Of The Train
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:E3 EDE|FDD DEF|E3 efe|dBA Bcd|efe d2 B|
AGF G2 A|B2B BAF|1 AFD FED:|2 AFD E3||
|:e2 e edB|ede f2e|ded BAF|ABc d2d|
efe edB|ede f2e|ded BAF|1 AFD E3:|2 AFD FED||

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The Wheels Of The Train

I learnt this tune in 1981 sitting in Packie Manus Byrne’s flat in Brondesbury, Kilburn. He told me that the ‘wheels’ were not of a locomotive, but a bride’s long wedding train. The tune is derived from the melody of a ‘wedding disaster’ song (‘My feet got caught in the wheels of her train, And I’ll never be seen at a wedding again’), and is related to The Laird o’ Cockpen.