Annotation:Polka (1)

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POLKA [1]. Irish, Polka (2/4 time). A Mixlodyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach & Small printed the tune in Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 4 (1996, No. 89) as "Pólca mo Mháithrín" or "Mamma's Polka," a title by which Breathnach found the tune in a manuscript from County Cork.

Source for notated version: The MS collection of fiddler David 'Davey' Collins (Abbeyfeale, Co. Kerry), by way of fiddler Tom Barrett, to whom it was given.

Printed sources: Abeyta et al (Drawing from the Well), 2010; p. 10.

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