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ROLLICKING SKIPPER, THE (An Caiptín Sultmhar). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Source for notated version: - a 1938 Decca Records recording of the McNulty family, featuring the mother of the family, accordion player ‘Ma’ McNulty [Breathnach]. The McNulty Family recorded 155 sides on three record labels between 1936 and 1955.
Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 55 p. 27.
Recorded sources: - BG007, Bobby Gardiner – “The Clare Shout” (1998). Decca 12099-B (78 RPM), The McNulty Family (1938).