ABC Format for The Boys of Belfast

Traditional Scots Irish, Ulster Scots music for the fife

This tune is in D Major so all C's and F's are sharp (I've written this out below, so just play it as written and it should be fine).

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Low Half (played twice)
Play bars 1 to 8, then repeat 1 to 7 replacing bar (8) with (8*)
(intro) E 
(1) A G A B C# D
(2) E' F#' G' F#' E' D'
(3) C# A A B C
(4) D' F#' D' B G E
(5) A G A B C# D'
(6) E' F#' G' F#' E' D'
(7) C# A B A G B
(8) A A E 
(8*) A A C# D'

High Half (played twice)
Play bars 17 to 24, then repeat 17 to 23 and play bar (24*) in place of bar (24)
(17) E' E' D' E' F#' 
(18) D' D' C# D' E' D'
(19) C# A A B C# 
(20) D' F#' D' B G E 
(21) A G A B C# D'
(22) E' F#' G' F#' E' D' 
(23) C# A B A G B
(24) A C# D' 
(24*) A A

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