Annotation:Salmon Tails up the Water (1)
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SALMON TAILS UP THE WATER. AKA and see “Andy Irvine’s Polka,” “Trip to Aberdeen.” Scottish, English; Country Dance, March or Polka (4/4, cut or 2/4 time). England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian: C Major (Hughes, Winder): G Major (most modern versions). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Raven): AABB. A popular march or polka in Scotland and the north of England, the melody is sometimes attributed to renowned but unfortunate Northumbrian piper biography:Jamie Allen. "Salmon Tails up the Water" is used to accompany either a polka or a single step dance in the North-West (England) morris dance tradition. The title “Salmon Tails Ges up the Water” was given as an alternate title for the strathspey “Yeil Yeil” in Dunkeld, Perthshire, fiddler-composer Niel Gow’s first collection (c. 1786), but the strathspey seems to be a different tune than the "Salmon Tails" in this entry.
In Ireland the melody is most often found in polka settings where it goes by the names “Andy Irvine's” and “Trip to Aberdeen.” See also note for the related “Banks of Inverness.”
??See Irish tunes Johnnie Mickey's / Johnny Mickey Barry's / Johnny Mickey's Polka / The Wren Polka / Wren Polka / The Wren's Polka / Polca an Dreollín / The Salmon Tailing up the River / Salmon Tailing up the River / The Cuil Aodha Polka / Tourniore Lasses / The Tourniore Lasses??