Annotation:Queen's Polka (2) (The)

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X:108 T:Queen's Polka [2], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka B:Deloughery - Sliabh Luachra on Parade (1980, No. 108) N:From the playing of Terry Teahan Z:Patrick Cavanagh K:D E2 EF/A/|BA FE|D2 DE/F/|AF ED|E2 EF/A/|BA FA|B/c/d/B/ AF|E2 E2:| |Be ed/e/|fe dA|Bc de|dc BA|Be ed/e/|fe dA|B/c/d/B/ AF|E2 E2:||

QUEEN'S POLKA [2], THE. AKA and see "Maol Mountain," “Top of the Maol (The).” English, Polka. A Dorian: E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears as "Queen's Polka" in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of the Hardy family (whose most famous member was novelist Thomas Hardy) of Dorset. The "Queen's Polka" is the name used for the polka by Terry Teahan (1905-1989). Teahan, originally from Gleantann, County Kerry, was a pupil of Sliabh Luachra fiddle great Padraig O'Keefe, and learned to play fiddle and concertina, although was perhaps best known for his accordion playing. He emigrated to Chicago in 1928, and was a fixture of the Irish music scene in that city.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Terry "Cuz" Teahan (Sliabh Luachra on Parade).

Recorded sources: -Rounder 0215, James Bryan - "The First of May."

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

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