Annotation:Pa Keane's

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PA KEANE’S. AKA and see "Ballyoran Polka (2) (The)," "Many's a Wild Night," "Russian Cavalry." Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. A two-part version is called “Many's a Wild Night.” English melodeon player and folk recording entrepreneur Peter Kennedy recorded the tune c. 1950 with his band The Haymakers under the title "Russian Calvary" (Folktrax FTX-324 - "Everybody Swing").

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].

Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 205, pp. 118-119.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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