Annotation:Riding on a Load of Hay

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X: 1 T:Riding on a Load of Hay M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka K:Edor E>F GA|Be ef/2e/2|dB AG|F/2G/2F/2E/2 DF|! E>F GA|Be e>f|ge B^d|1e2 e2:|2e2 e>f|]! ge fd|ed B>c|dB AG|F/2G/2F/2E/2 Df|! ge fd|ed B>c|dB AF|E2 E>f||! ge fd|ed B>c|dB AG|F/2G/2F/2E/2 DF|! EG FA|GB e>f|ge B^d|e2 e2|]!

RIDING ON A LOAD OF HAY. AKA and see “Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton (2)," "Tim Guiheen's Polka.” Irish, Polka. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Silberberg): AABB' (Carlin). A West Kerry polka, called “Port Dálaig (4)" after the musician who played it, is similar, especially in the first strain as are several other polkas such as "Séamus Cussen's (1)" and "Captain Moonlight's Army." The tune was also in the repertoire of Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy (1910-1974). It appears to be an adaptation of the Scottish strathspey “Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton (2),” printed in the Athole Collection (1884).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Laurie Andres [Silberberg].

Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 274, p. 154. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 130.

Recorded sources: - Shanachie LP 29013, Liz Carroll - "A Friend Indeed" (1979). Rooster Records RSTR 122, Laurie Andres - "Fantastic Hornpipe" (1983).

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [3][4]