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The Sailor’s Jacket – Irish flute

Posted on by Stephen Ducke

The Sailor’s Jacket, reel played on Irish flute. I associate this reel with the Sligo style of flute playing ; a version was collected by Bernard Flaherty in his book the Trip to Sligo

[abcjs engraver=”{ responsive: ‘resize’ }”] M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
dfec A2AB|cdef gfge|dfec A2AB|=cBcG EDD2|
dfec A2AB|cdef g2ge|dfec A2AB|=cBcG EDD2||
d2fd adfd|=c2ec gcec|d2fd adfd|eaag eddc|
defg afed|cdef g2fg|agfe fddf|eaag eddc|] [/abcjs]
Stephen Ducke
Stephen Ducke

Originally from Athlone in County Roscommon, Stephen Ducke now lives in a small village in the French Alps with his family. He is author of a tin whistle tutor book entitled "Tin Whistle - A Complete Guide to Playing Irish Traditional Music on the Whistle" and runs Irish music classes and workshops with Tradschool in France. He has recorded one solo album, "If There Weren't Any Women In The World".

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