Annotation:Denis O'Keeffe's Slide
Tune properties and standard notation
DENIS O'KEEFFE'S SLIDE. AKA - "Denis O'Keeffe's Favourite," "Eibhlín ni Riordáin's," "Dinny O'Keefe's." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Cork accordion player Jackie Daly recorded the tune under the title "Forget Your Troubles."
Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan].
Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 83, p. 47. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 31.
Recorded sources: Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Johnny O'Leary - "The Rushy Mountain" (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings). Topic 12T357, Johnny O'Leary - "Music for the Set" (1977). See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].