Annotation:Jessica's Polka

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JESSICA'S POLKA. AKA and see "Mick Hanly's." Irish, Polka. Ireland, West Kerry. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A modern composition by noted Irish guitarist and singer Mick Hanly, dedicated to his daughter.

Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stoir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 7, p. 15. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 31.

Recorded sources: Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992). Green Linnet SIF 1052, Kevin Burke - "Up Close" (1984). Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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