Annotation:Five-Leaved Clover (2) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FIVE LEAVED/LEAF CLOVER [2], THE (Seamrog Na Cuig Duille). AKA and see "Bridie Morley's," "Old Bush (2) (The)," "Hawthorne (1) (The)," "Haymaker (The)," "Heel of the Hunt," "Hunter's Purse (The)," "Paddy Kelly's (Reel) (3)," "Sceach (An)," "Star of Munster." Irish, Reel. A Minor (O'Neill/1915): A Dorian (O/Neill/1001): A Minor/Mixolydian (Phillips): A Major (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (Phillips). The tonality is blurred to a great extent between minor and major versions, as the 'C' note can be either sharped or natural. See also the variants "Bridie Morley's" (recorded by flute player John McKenna), "Hunter's Purse (The)" (recorded by the great Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran), "Haymaker (The)," "Heel of the Hunt (The)," "Sceach (An)," "Star of Munster."
Source for notated version: Matt Glaser [Phillips].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 119. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 248, p. 130. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1247, p. 235. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 519, p. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 87.
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