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ABC Format for Gold in Every Pocket

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 into, then bars to to 8, then repeat bars 1 to 7, play bar 8* instead of 8 second time through to take you into the high half
(intro) B C#
(1) D' F#' D' B C# D' B
(2) A F# D D E
(3) F# A F# F# E D E
(4) F# A A A F# A C#
(5) D' F#' D' B C# D' B
(6) A F# D D E
(7) F# A F# E D E
(8) D D B C#
(8*) D D E'

High Half – played twice
Play 17 to 24, then 17 to 23 and play bar 24* to finish insteam of bar 24 (second time through the high half)
(17) F#' D' E' F#' G'
(18) A' F#' D' E#
(19) F#' D' F#' F#' D' F#'
(20) E' C# A A
(21) F#' D' E' F#' G' G'
(22) A' F#' D' E'
(23) F#' A' F#' E' D' E'
(24) D' D' E'
(24*) D' D'

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