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MILLPOND, THE. AKA - "Mill Pond (The)." AKA and see "Cashel Jig (The)," "Lough Gill," "Paddy Cartys," "Shores of Lough Gill (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The Dublin-based Lough Gill Quartet, made of John Cawley (flute), Sarah Hobbs (fiddle), Sonny Brogan (accordion), and Bill Harte (accordion), recorded the tune in 1941. The quartet was named after the famous lake in County Sligo and as a tribute to Sligo-born New York fiddler Michael Coleman.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland vol. 4), 1976; No. 47. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 254, p. 146.

Recorded sources: HMV IM949 (78 RPM), Lough Gill Quartet (1941). Topic TSCD602, "Irish Dance Music" (1995. Reissue recordings).

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




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