Queen of Clubs
X:1
T:Highland Fling, A
T:Queen of Clubs
N:A derivative of “Lady Ann Hope [1]”
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Fling
B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 17, p. 8)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript
N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that
N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been
N:introduced in the latter 19th century.
S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it
S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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d|ge/g/ d/g/e/g/|gb/g/ ee/f/|gb/g/ eg/e/|d/e/d/B/ Gd|
gf/g/ d/g/f/g/|gb/g/ ee/f/|gb/g/ eg/e/|dd/e/ g/e/d/B/||
X:1 T:Queen of Clubs M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D2 | G2(GB) AGED | cBce dcBd | cBAc BAGB | AGFA GDB,D | G2 GB AG E2 | {d}cBce dcBd | cBAc BAGB | AGFA G2 :| |: (Bd) | g2 (fg) egdf | gbag fdef | g2(fg) egdB | cedf g2d2 | g2(fg) eg(df) | gbag fdef | gbaf gfed | eg(fa) gedB ||