Annotation:Flannigan's Polka

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FLANNIGAN'S POLKA. AKA - "Flanigan's Polka." AKA and see "Celina le Blanc." Canadian, Polka. C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This tune appears to have wide dissemination in the northern United States and in Canada. The alternate title "Celina le Blanc" is the title North Dakota fiddler Joe Pancerzewski called the tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes), vol. 7, 1986-87; p. 8. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 105, p. 68.

Recorded sources: Apex 26272-A (78rpm), Don Messer and His Islanders (1943). F&W Records 2, "F&W String Band 2."

See also listing at:
Hear Don Messer's 1943 recording at the Internet Archive [1] and at Ted McGraw's site [2]

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