Annotation:O'Keeffe's Polka (1)

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O'KEEFE'S (POLKA) [1]. AKA and see "Din Tarrant's (6)," "Jim Keeffe's Polka (4)," "Mert Plunkett's," "Wha' Wad'na Fecht for Charlie." Irish, Polka. Ireland, Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the tune is for famed peritatetic Sliabh Luachra fiddle-master Padraig O'Keeffe. It is, however, a County Kerry polka adaptation of the Scottish march "Wha' Wad'na Fecht for Charlie." See note for "annotation:Din Tarrant's (6)" for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 46, p. 31. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 27, p. 11.

Recorded sources:

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

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