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CLEAR THE DECKS. Irish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Antrim. The title, she says, refers to the wooden platforms once erected for crossroads dances in Ireland.

Source for notated version:

Printed source: Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; p. 32.

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