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'''CHURCH STREET (POLKA) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Flanagan's Polka]]," "[[Gurteen Cross]]," "[[St. Mary's]]." Irish, Polka. Ireland, west Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The correct title of this tune is "[[St. Mary's Polka]]" but became associated with "Church Street Polka" after the two were paired on the Chieftains first record. The tune was first recorded by fiddler Paddy Killoran's Irish Orchestra in New York in 1937. | '''CHURCH STREET (POLKA) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Flanagan's Polka]]," "[[Gurteen Cross]]," "[[St. Mary's]]." Irish, Polka. Ireland, west Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The correct title of this tune is "[[St. Mary's Polka]]" but became associated with "Church Street Polka" after the two were paired on the Chieftains first record. The tune was first recorded by fiddler Paddy Killoran's Irish Orchestra in New York in 1937. See also the cognate first strain of "[[Oyster River Reel (The)]]." | ||
[[File:Killoran.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Paddy Killoran (1904-1965), originally from Ballymote, County Sligo.]] | [[File:Killoran.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Paddy Killoran (1904-1965), originally from Ballymote, County Sligo.]] | ||
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CHURCH STREET (POLKA) [1]. AKA and see "Flanagan's Polka," "Gurteen Cross," "St. Mary's." Irish, Polka. Ireland, west Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The correct title of this tune is "St. Mary's Polka" but became associated with "Church Street Polka" after the two were paired on the Chieftains first record. The tune was first recorded by fiddler Paddy Killoran's Irish Orchestra in New York in 1937. See also the cognate first strain of "Oyster River Reel (The)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; p. 156; No. 277. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham ('An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 21, p. 20 (appears as "Gan Ainm" {untitled}).
Recorded sources: Front Hall FHR-010, Bill Spence & Fennig's All Stars - "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again" (1977). Old Hat Music OH!02, "The Old Hat Dance Band" (1992). Wild Goose WGS 320, Old Swan Band - "Swan-Upmanship" (2004).