Annotation:High Road to Sligo
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HIGH ROAD TO SLIGO (Am Bóthar Mór go Sligeach). AKA and see "Coach Road to Sligo (2) (The)," "Coleman's Jig (4)," "Tar Road to Sligo (The)." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Another name for the tune usually called "Coach Road to Sligo (2) (The)" nowadays. The melody was recorded under this title by Galway accordion player Joe Burke.
Source for notated version: The Bridge Ceili Band [Mulvihill]; accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 33, p. 14. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 41, p. 73.
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