Annotation:Original Polka (The)

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ORIGINAL POLKA, THE. English, Polka. D Major ('A' part), A Major ('B' part), & G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCAA. "The Original Polka" and "Opera Polka" are on the page next to each other in Hamilton's Universal Tune Book and both are contained in the Hardy family manuscripts, suggesting the Hardys used that volume as their source.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book), 1846; p. 145. Trim (The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 59.

Recorded sources:

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