Cuban (The)

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Theme code Index	5651H 2424
Also known as	Bill the Weaver's (2), Old One (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	2/4
History	Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Terry Moylan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra
Tune and/or Page number	No. 7, pp. 5-6
Year of publication/Date of MS	1994
Artist	Biography:Julia and Billy Clifford
Title of recording	Ceol as Sliabh Luachra
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Gael Linn CEF 092
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

CUBAN, THE. AKA and see "Bill the Weaver's [3]," "The Old One." Irish, Polka. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was played by source Johnny O'Leary at a tempo slower than usual for a polka, more as a listening piece. The name Cuba is derived from a native word, Colba, of unknown meaning. Christoper Columbus named the island Juana (in honor of Prince Juan of Castille), but the native name stuck (Matthews, 1972).

Source for notated version: recorded by Breandan Breathnach from the playing of accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border); it was originally learned from Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe [Moylan].

Printed source: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 7, pp. 5-6.

Recorded sources: Gael Linn CEF 092, Julia and Billy Clifford - "Ceol as Sliabh Luachra." Gael Linn CEF 176, Jackie Daly - "Many's a Wild Night" (1995. Appears as "The Old One," due to the fact that Daly has been playing it for years). Topic 12T312, Billy Clifford.

X:1
T:The Old One
T:The Cuban
D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night", track 12(b)
M:2/4
N:"The Old One/Cuban" is one case where the chord sequence
N:might be misleading.  The A chords shown in the first part
N:are much better as "A no-3rds", and the Gs as some G-chord
N:notes against an A bass, as described previously.
L:1/8
R:polka
Z:Paul de Grae
K:Amix
"A" e>e fe | e/f/g/e/ a2 | "G" BB/B/ d/B/A | BA/B/ d/B/A |
"A" e>e fe | e/f/g/e/ a2 | "G" BA/B/ dB | "A" A2 A2 :||
||: "D" fA fA | ff "G" g>f | "A" ed ef/e/ | "D" d/c/d/f/ "A" a>g |
"D" fA fA | ff "G" g>f | "A" e/f/e/d/ c/A/B/c/ | "D" d2 d2 :||