Annotation:Up Sligo (2)

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UP SLIGO [2]. AKA and see "Castlebar Races." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The second in the pair of jigs recorded under the single title “Up Sligo” in New York by County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in 1924. The melody is a version of “Geese in the Bog (2).” The first tune in Coleman's set is also known as "Unfortunate Rake (1) (The)" AKA "Basket of Turf" (See "Up Sligo (1)."

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Recorded sources: Gael Linn/Viva Voce, "Michael Coleman 1891-1945" (1992). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway – “First Through the Gate” (2002).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]

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