Annotation:Gurteen Cross
Tune properties and standard notation
GURTEEN CROSS. AKA and see "Church Street Polka (1)," "Flanagan's Polka," "Oyster River Reel," "St. Mary's." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded by Paddy Killoran under this title, paired with "Memories of Ballymote" (the town Killoran hailed from in Ireland). The "Church Street" title for this tune comes from the name of a medley in which this tune was played on the Chieftains first album.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Chieftains - "The Chieftains 1."
See also listing at:
Comhaltas [1]
Hear Killoran's recording at the Internet Archive [2]