Bill Sullivan's

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Theme code Index	1H1H51H 51H52
Also known as	Denis Murphy's Polka, Micky Chewing Bubblegum
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Terry "Cuz" Teahan
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
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:David Taylor
Book/Manuscript title	Book:At the Crossroads Dance
Tune and/or Page number	No. 61, p. 47
Year of publication/Date of MS	1992
Artist	Biography:Kevin Burke
Title of recording	If the Cap Fits
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet GLCD 3009
Year recorded	1978
Media
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BILL SULLIVAN'S. AKA and see "Denis Murphy's (Polka)," "Micky chewing bubblegum." Irish, Polka. A Major (Mallinson, Taylor): G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Terry "Cuz" Teahan as a youngster prior to leaving Ireland for America. Philippe Varlet says that Teahan composed the tune while still taking lessons with the great Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe. O'Keeffe liked the composition and continued to teach it after Teahan's departure, and it eventually circulated among local musicians; hence the name "Bill Sullivan's," for a local player who popularized it. Teahan's tune originally had a third part, but it was dropped in popular playing in Ireland. Some have noticed similarities with the Scottish tune "Stumpie/Stumpey."

Printed sources: Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 66, p. 25. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 61, p. 47. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 7.

Recorded sources: CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers - "Concert Collection II" (1999). Green Linnet GLCD 3009, Kevin Burke - "If the Cap Fits" (1978. Learned from County Cork accordion player Jackie Daly). Shaskeen - "My Love is in America." CEF 057, Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh.

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