Ballydesmond Polka (2)

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Theme code Index	5L13b5 7bL7bL7bL5L
Also known as	Maurice Manley's Polka, O'Keeffe's Polka (3)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/4
History	IRELAND(Munster)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Jordan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Whistle and Sing!
Tune and/or Page number	45 (a)
Year of publication/Date of MS	1975
Artist	Biography:Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford
Title of recording	Star Above the Garter (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Claddagh CC5
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score ()

X:1
T:Ballydesmond Polka [2]
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:polka
K:Ador
E2A2 A2B2|c2d2 e2g2|G3F G2A2|G2E2 E2D2|
E2A2 A2B2|c2d2 e3f|g2e2 dedB|A4 A4:|
a3g a2b2|a2g2 e2f2|g3f g2a2|g2e2 d2e2|
a3g a2b2|a2g2 e3f|g2e2 dedB| A4 A4:||

BALLYDESMOND POLKA [2]. AKA and see "Maurice Manley's Polka," "O'Keeffe's Polka (3)." Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A polka version of "Maurice Manley's," a slide.

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region), recorded in concert at Na Píobairí Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; Kerry fiddlers (and siblings) Julia Clifford (1914-1997) and Denis Murphy (1912-1974) [Miller & Perron].

Printed sources: Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 18. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 117. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1988; p. 139. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 35. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 45(a). Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 42, p. 16. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 7. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 126. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 58, p. 34. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 10 in polka section (appears as untitled polka). Perlman (Melodic Clawhammer Banjo), 1979; p. 61. Vallely (Play Tin Whistle with the Armach Pipers Club), vol. 2; 20(b).

Recorded sources: Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter" (1973).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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