Annotation:Woods of Old Limerick (The)

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X:1 T:Woods of Old Limerick, The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:John Kelly, San Francisco Z:Paul Kinder K:F c/2B/2|AFF GAB|cff edB|AFF GBB|GEC GAB| AFF GAB|cff ecB|A2 F GcB|GFF F2:| |:f/2g/2|aff fgf|ecc c2 g/2a/2|bge fga|bge f2 g| agf gec|def ecB|A2 F GcB|GFF F2:||

'WOODS OF OLD LIMERICK, THE (Coillte Shean Luimnhigh). AKA - "Ellen O'Leary's." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major (O’Neill): G Major (Patrick Street): D Major/Mixolydian (Harker/Rafferty). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O’Neill): AA’BB (Harker/Rafferty): AA’BB’ (Patrick Street). The tune was in the repertoire of Sliabh Luachra accordion player Johnny O'Leary (1923-2004), who called it "Ellen O'Leary's" after his daughter, who liked the tune.

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - John Kelly (San Francisco) [O’Neill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 224, p. 69. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 141.

Recorded sources: - Green Linnet SIF 1105, Patrick Street "Irish Times" (1989). Larraga Records MOR 1302, Mike Rafferty – “Speed 78” (2004). Topic Records, Johnny O’Leary – “Music for the Sets.” Gráinne Hambly (Co. Mayo) – “Between the Showers.”

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