Annotation:Larkin's Beehives

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LARKIN'S BEEHIVES. AKA – "Dominic Rooney's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Paddy O'Brien [1] (1922–1991, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary).

Button accordion greats Paddy O'Brien and Joe Cooley

Source for notated version: Dominic Rooney via flute player Mike Rafferty (b. 1926, Ballinakill, Co. Galway) [Harker].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 15, p. 5. O'Brien (The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien), 1992; p. 48.

Recorded sources: Larraga LR090098, Mike and Mary Rafferty – "The Old Fireside Music" (1998).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

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