Annotation:Johnny Mickey's Polka
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNNY MICKEY'S. AKA - "Johnny Mickey Barry's." AKA and see "Polca an dreoillín," "Tourniore Lasses," "Wren (The)." Irish, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. David Taylor (1992) remarks that the tune was named after Johnny Mickey Barry, a renowned concertina player from the Sliabh Luachra area. Recorded in a set with the tune "Salmon Tails" by the Oyster Band.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 37, p. 14 (appears as "Johnny Mickey Barry's"). Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 70, p. 50.
Recorded sources: Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live."