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GALWAY BELLES. AKA - "Cuz's Polka," "Galway Rogue,"69th Street Polka." Irish, Polka. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Harker/Rafferty): AABB' (Miler & Perron). A County Kerry polka. The alternate title references musician Terence "Cuz" Teahan. The "69th Street Polka" title comes from Lesl Harker (Rafferty, 2005). The Scottish tune "Campbell's Farewll to Redcastle" has a similar melodic contour and theme coding, albeit in the major mode.

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. 283, p. 91. Miller & Perron ('Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 130. O'Brien (Irish Folk Dance Music), 1952.

Recorded sources: Great Meadow Music GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane - "Fiddledance" (2004).




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