the Butterfly

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Commonly ends with the first bar as a coda. Although this tune is often attributed to Tommy Potts, he wrote at most the first part. The other parts are variants of the old tunes Barney's Goat and Skin the Peeler.

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Slipjig One title Only 1 transcription Has lots of stepwise movement Has some stepwise movement minor E 9/8 Has notes text Has chords explore more...

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X: 4
T: the Butterfly
O: (Tommy Potts)
R: slipjig
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Commonly ends with the first bar as a coda.
N: Although this tune is often attributed to Tommy Potts, he wrote at most the first part.
N: The other parts are variants of the old tunes Barney's Goat and Skin the Peeler.
D: Bothy Band: 1975
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
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 :|
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