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 KATY JONES REEL. Irish, Reel. Recorded source Quinn diddled a few verses with the tune: Oh she kicked me and she battered me. She nearly broke my bones. So that's the way she tattered me My darling Katie Jones Oh there was a little girl And she lived in Mullingar, And she lifted up her petticoat A-la-la-la-la-la See also the American variants under the titles "Colonel Crocket (1)," "Jenny on the Railroad," "Route (The)."

 Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources: Topic TSCD606, Frank Quinn (et al) - "Round the House and Mind the Dresser: Irish Country-House Dance Music" (reissue).

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