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GOING TO THE WELL FOR WATER [1]. AKA – "Going for Water." AKA and see "Denis Murphy's," "Kaiser (The)." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major (most versions): C (Taylor/Tweed). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Leary/Moylan, Taylor/Tweed): AA'BB (Sullivan): AA'BB' (Mallinson).

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, November, 1990 [Moylan]; accordion player Jackie Daly (County Cork) [Sullivan].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ 3), 1985; No. 54. Jordan (Whistle and Sing!, Book Two), 1998; p. 15. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 64, p. 27. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 167, pp. 96–97. Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3); No. 18, p. 7.

Recorded sources: Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, John & Julia Clifford with Maurice O'Keefe – "The Rushy Mountain" (1994. A reissue CD of Topic recordings from Sliabh Luachra musicians). Topic 12T311, John & Julia Clifford – "Humours of Lisheen" (appears as "Going for Water"). Topic TSCD358, Jackie Daly – "Music from Sliabh Luachra" (1977).




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