Ballydesmond Polka (3)

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Theme code Index	3217bL 257b5
Also known as	Gneevequilla Polka, Tom Billy's Polka (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Polka
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/4
History	Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Jordan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Whistle and Sing
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1975
Artist	Biography:Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford
Title of recording	Star Above the Garter
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Claddagh CC5
Year recorded	1973
Media
Score ()

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BALLYDESMOND POLKA [3]. AKA and see "Gneevequilla Polka," "Tom Billy's Polka (1)." Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian: A Dorian (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, Taylor/Tweed). Standard tuning. AABB. The last of the trio of tunes known as "The Ballydesmond Polkas."

Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III); No. 73. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 18. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 36, p. 139. Crantich (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 36. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 284, p. 91. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 45 (b). Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 43, p. 17. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978, No. 8. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 59, p. 34. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No.11 in polka section (appears as untitled polka). Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 34. Vallely (Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2, 20 (c).

Recorded sources: Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter" (1973). RTE CD174, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O'Keeffe" (appears as "Tom Billy's"). See also listings at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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