Annotation:Metal Man

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METAL MAN. English, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by English musician Robin Dransfield. The tune is said to have been titled after an iron lighthouse off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. However, there is no Metal Man lighthouse in listings of lighthouses of County Cork. There are Metal Man lighthouses in County Sligo and County Waterford, however, erected in 1821 and 1823 respectively. The County Waterford structure is actually a group of three round unpainted stone towers, about 30 feet tall, one of them topped by a cast iron sculpture of a sailor, his cap and coat painted dark blue and his trousers painted white, his arm outstretched to warn ships away from the rocks.

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Recorded sources: Kicking Mule KM-327, "Scartaglen" (1984. Learned from Barry Dransfield). Topic Records 12TS386, Barry Dransfield - "Bowin' and Scrapin'" (1978).

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