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T:Dark Girl Dressed in Blue [3], The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:D
FA Ad | Bd AF | GB AF/A/ | BE G/F/E/F/ | DF Ad | Bd AF | GB A/B/A/G/ | FD D2 :|
|:FA A/B/d/e/ | fd ed | Bd AF/A/ | BE G/F/E/F/ | DF A/B/d/e/ | fd ed | Bd A/B/A/G/ | FD D2:||
DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [3], THE (An Cailín Dubh i bhFeisteas Gorm). AKA and see "This is No My Ain Lassie (2)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka is from the northern Irish tradition (i.e. Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim) rather than the southern Kerry polkas that are more frequently heard. A odd version by Ontario fiddle Dawson Girdwood was set in the key of 'E' Major. See also note for "annotation:This is No My Ain Lassie (2)" for more on this polka family.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Bégin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 74, p. 84 (appears as "The Girl Dressed in Blue").
Breathnach (CRÉ 3), 1985; No. 75, p. 36.
Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 3), 1974; No. 82.
Cranitch (The Irish Fiddle Book), p. 116.
Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 286, p. 92.
Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 5, p. 3.
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, addenda (appears as "The Dark Girl").
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 128.
Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 56, p. 33.
Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 23.
Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 11.
Recorded sources : - Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford – "The Star Above the Garter" (appears as "The Dark Girl").
Folktrax-074, John Doherty – "The Pedlar's Pack."
Shanachie 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978).
Frankie Gavin – "Croch Suas E/Up and Away."
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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