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T:Going to the Well for Water [1]
T:The Kaiser
R:slide
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:D
A2 f A2 f A2 f fed|B2 g B2 g B2 g gfe|
cdc BcB ABA a2 f|1 g2 e cde d3 dcB:|2 ged cde d3 d2 e||
|:f3 fed efe edc|d2 d dcB c3 cBA|
GBB GBB FAA FAA|EDE e2 d cBc d3:||
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).
Additional notes
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).
Wild Goose WGS434CD, The Old Swan Band - "Fortyfived" (2019).
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