The Highest Hill In Sligo

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From this county came some of the greatest fiddlers in the tradition: Coleman, Morrison, Scanlon, O'Beirne, and others before them. It is their Sligo, the Sligo of Ballymote, Gurteen, and Collooney. And it is also the Sligo of Ben Bulben, that most famous hill immortalized in the verses of Ireland's Nobel Prize winning poet William Butler Yeats.

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X: 279
T:The Highest Hill In Sligo
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
Z: transcribed by Bil 3/00
R:Reel
N:From this county came some of the greatest 
N:fiddlers in the tradition: Coleman, 
N:Morrison, Scanlon, O'Beirne, and 
N:others before them. It is their Sligo, 
N:the Sligo of Ballymote, Gurteen,
N:and Collooney. And it is also the 
N:Sligo of Ben Bulben, that most famous
N:hill immortalized in the verses of 
N:Ireland's Nobel Prize winning poet 
N:William Butler Yeats.
Z:Joe Reavy
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gbeg ed d2|fg (3agf bagf|(3agf ec dcAG|FAdf ecdB|
1AFGE FD D2:|2AFGE FDDE||

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