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Theme code Index
3654H 51H52H
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Polka
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
2/4
History
Structure
ABCD
Editor/Compiler
Stephen Grier
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection Book 5
Tune and/or Page number
No. 11, pp. 2-3
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Polka [48]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 5, No. 11, pp. 2-3)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-five/
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
Bd e/d/e/f/|dbc'b|daga|dg a/g/f/g/|Bd e/d/e/f/|dbc'b|daba|gg g2||
AaGa|Fa f/=f/^f|Aa e/^d/e|Aa f/=f/^f|AaGa|Fa f/=f/^f|Aa e/^d/e|dd d2||
c'b a/g/f/g/|ag g/f/e|gf f/e/d|fe e/d/c|c'b a/g/f/g/|ag g/f/e|gf f/e/d|ce c2||
e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|e/d/c/d/ e/f/g/a/|b a/g/f|
e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|e/d/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|c'2 af|gb g2||
