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|f_annotation='''DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [3], THE''' (An Cailín Dubh i bhFeisteas Gorm). AKA and see "[[This is No My Ain Lassie (2)]]." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka is from the northern Irish tradition (i.e. Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim) musically more "busy" than the Munster polkas that are more frequently heard, yet still played throughout Ireland. The tune was paired with a version of Niel Gow's "[[Farewell to Whiskey (1)]]" as the second tune in a set of polkas recorded in New York by County Sligo musicians John McKenna (flute) and James Morrison (fiddle) in 1928. The set was recorded in 1969 by sibling Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford and James Morrison on their recording "The Star Above the Garter".
|f_annotation='''DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [3], THE''' (An cailín dubh i bhfeisteas gorm). AKA - "Dark Girl (The)." AKA and see "[[This is No My Ain Lassie (2)]]." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka is from the northern Irish tradition (i.e. Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim) musically more "busy" than the Munster polkas that are more frequently heard, yet still played throughout Ireland. The tune was paired with a version of Niel Gow's "[[Farewell to Whiskey (1)]]" as the second tune in a set of polkas recorded in New York by County Sligo musicians John McKenna (flute) and James Morrison (fiddle) in 1928. The set was recorded in 1969 by sibling Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford and James Morrison on their recording "The Star Above the Garter".
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A odd version by Ontario fiddle Dawson Girdwood was set in the key of 'E' Major. See also note for "[[annotation:This is No My Ain Lassie (2)]]" for more on this polka family.
A odd version by Ontario fiddle Dawson Girdwood was set in the key of 'E' Major. See also note for "[[annotation:This is No My Ain Lassie (2)]]" for more on this polka family.
|f_printed_sources=Bégin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 74, p. 84 (appears as "The Girl Dressed in Blue").
|f_printed_sources=Bégin ('''Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood'''), 1985; No. 74, p. 84 (appears as "The Girl Dressed in Blue").
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Shanachie 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978).
Shanachie 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978).
Frankie Gavin – "Croch Suas E/Up and Away."
Frankie Gavin – "Croch Suas E/Up and Away."
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/464/]<br />
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/464/]
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|f_sources_for_notated_versions=a flute duet by James Morrison (County Sligo, Ireland) and John McKenna [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luarchra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uileann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]; Patsy Hanly [Bulmer & Sharpley]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
|f_sources_for_notated_versions=a flute duet by James Morrison (County Sligo, Ireland) and John McKenna [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luarchra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uileann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]; Patsy Hanly [Bulmer & Sharpley]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
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DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [3], THE (An cailín dubh i bhfeisteas gorm). AKA - "Dark Girl (The)." AKA and see "This is No My Ain Lassie (2)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka is from the northern Irish tradition (i.e. Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim) musically more "busy" than the Munster polkas that are more frequently heard, yet still played throughout Ireland. The tune was paired with a version of Niel Gow's "Farewell to Whiskey (1)" as the second tune in a set of polkas recorded in New York by County Sligo musicians John McKenna (flute) and James Morrison (fiddle) in 1928. The set was recorded in 1969 by sibling Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford and James Morrison on their recording "The Star Above the Garter".

A odd version by Ontario fiddle Dawson Girdwood was set in the key of 'E' Major. See also note for "annotation:This is No My Ain Lassie (2)" for more on this polka family.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 74, p. 84 (appears as "The Girl Dressed in Blue"). Breathnach (CRÉ 3), 1985; No. 75, p. 36. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 3), 1974; No. 82. Cranitch (The Irish Fiddle Book), p. 116. Paul Deloughery (Sliabh Luachra on Parade), 1980; No. 69. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 286, p. 92. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 5, p. 3. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, addenda (appears as "The Dark Girl"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 128. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 56, p. 33. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 23. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 11.

Recorded sources : - Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford – "The Star Above the Garter" (1969, appears as "The Dark Girl"). Folktrax-074, John Doherty – "The Pedlar's Pack." Shanachie 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978). Frankie Gavin – "Croch Suas E/Up and Away."

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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