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PADDY RAFFERTY’S FAVOURITE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The late Paddy Rafferty (d. 2000), brother of New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty [1] (1926-2011, originally from Ballinakill, County Galway), won several All-Ireland lilting championships.

Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 133, p. 40.

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