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'''BLUEBELL POLKA'''. AKA - "[[Little Pet Polka]]" (Ireland), "[[Curlew Hills (The)]]" (Ireland). English, Scottish, Irish; Polka. G Major ('A' part), D Major ('B' part) & C Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBAACCAA. Attributed to one Frank Stanley in the Kerr collection (c. 1880's), the earliest publication found to date. Scottish musician and band leader Jimmy Shand recorded an influential version, one of the best-selling singles of his era, however, a much earlier Scottish version was recorded on a 78 RPM disc by an Edinburgh melodeon player named James Brown in 1911. Brown's name for it was "Little Pet (Caledonian Polka)," a name that survives in Irish tradition. According to Philippe Varlet, the melody was known to Irish musicians in the 78 RPM era. It was recorded by the renowned County Sligo/New York fiddler James Morrison for Columbia in 1935, and later, in the 1950's, by Mickey Carton, for the Copley label. The Gallowglass Céilí Band waxed "Blue Bell Polka" for Irish Columbia. The tune is sometimes used for an accompaniment to the Irish dance Siamsa Beirte (which roughly translates as 'play for two'), a kind of two-hand hornpipe sixteen bars in length. The dance apparently is of no particular antiquity.  In Holland an early version was played as "[[Piederman's Polka]]." The melody sounds quite similar (and may be ancestral) to the American "[[Flop Eared Mule (1)]]."
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''Printed sources:'' Kennedy ('''Fiddler's Tune Book'''), vol. 2, 1954; p. 27. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), c. 1880's, vol. 1; No. 14, p. 51. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 144.
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''Recorded source:'' Topic TSCD607, Billy Cooper, Walter & Daisy Bulwer - "English Country Music" (2000. Originally recorded 1962).
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 Theme code Index    3H3H1H1H 5533
 Also known as    Blue Bell Polka, Little Pet Polka, Curlew Hills (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Frank Stanley
 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Polka
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AABBAACCAA
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James S. Kerr
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Merry Melodies vol. 1
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 14, p. 51
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1880's
 Artist    Biography:Billy Cooper, Biography:Walter & Daisy Bulwer
 Title of recording    English Country Music
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Topic TSCD607
 Year recorded    2000 (originally recorded 1962)
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Bluebell Polka (The): Annotations

X:1 % T:Bluebell Polka R:polka C:trad. S:played A - B - A - C M:C| L:1/8 Q:80 K:G (3Bdg| "G"b2 b2 gfge |"D"d2 d2 "G"B3 G |"D"FGAB "C"c2 d2 | "D"ed^cd "G"B2 (3Bdg | b2 b2 gfge| "D"d2 d2 "G"B3 G |"D"FGAB cdef | "G"g2 b2g2 :| K:D B2 | "D"A2 A2 FAdf |"A"a2 a2 "F#m"f4 |"A"a2 ^g2 "G"=g2 e2 | "D"b2 a^g "A"a2 f2 | "D"A2 A2 FAdf | "A"a2 a2 "F#m"f4 |"A"a2 ^g2 "G"=g2 e2 | "D"d2 f2 d2 :| K:C f2|"C"e2 e2 ef g2 | e2 e2 ef g2 | "Dm"fefg fe d2 | fefg fe d2 | "C"e2 e2 ef g2 | e2 e2 ef g2 |"Dm"fefg "G"fe d2| "C"c2 e2 c2 :|


X:1 T:Bluebell Polka N:played A - B - A - C M:C| L:1/16 Q:80 K:G (3Bdg|"G"b2b2 gfge d2d2 B3G |"D"FGAB c2d2 |ed^cd "G"B2(3Bdg | b2b2 gfge|d2d2 B3G |"D"FGAB cdef | "G"g2b2 g2 :| K:D |:B2|"D"A2A2 FAdf|a2a2 f4|"A"a2^g2 =g2e2 |"D"b2a^g a2f2| A2A2 FAdf |a2a2 f4|"A"a2^g2 =g2e2 |"D"d2f2 d2 :| K:C |:f2|"C"e2e2 efg2 |e2e2 efg2 |"F"fefg fed2|fefg fed2| "C"e2e2 efg2 |e2e2 efg2 |"F"fefg "G"fed2|"C"c2e2 c2 :|

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