Branch Line (The)

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Theme code Index	53 7L2 53 1H7
Also known as	Patsy Baker
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Jack & Charlie Coen
Title of recording	Branch Line (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Topic 12TS337
Year recorded	1977
Media
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BRANCH LINE, THE. AKA and see "Patsy Baker." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'The Branch Line' is the named given to an intersection on the road from Woodford to Whitegate, County Galway, near where the Coen brothers were raised.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack & Charlie Coen - "The Branch Line" (1992. Reissue of Topic 12TS337). Topic 12TS337, Jack & Charlie Coen - "The Branch Line" (1977. Learned from the playing of their father, Galway concertina player Mike Coen).

X: 1
T: Branch Line
S: Jack & Charlie Coen / "The Branch Line" (Topic 12TS337)
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black.
R: polka
K: G
g/e/ | dG BG | FG A>e | dG Bd | g2 f>e |
dG BG | FG A>e | ed cA | G3 :|
g/a/ | bg/g/ af/f/ | gf ed | bg/g/ af/f/ | g3 a |
bg/g/ af/f/ | gf ed | Bd ef | g3 :|