Annotation:Polka (32)
X:1 T:Polka [32] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka B:Roche - Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 3 (1927, No. 129) K:G D|GABc|e-d B2|(d-c)A2 (cB)(G>D)|GABc|(ed)(B>.g)|(fdc)A|G2Gz|| BB/B/ cB/c/|(ed)B2|(dc)A2|(cB)(G>.D)|BB/B/ cB/c/|(ed)(B>g)|(fdc)A|G2G||
POLKA [32]. Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Researcher Conor Ward points out this untitled polka in Frank Roche'sCollection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 3 (1927; No. 129) is a version of "Buffalo Gals." Fr. John Quinn finds the first strain to be something of a "floater", versions of which can also be found in Brendan Breathnach's untitled "Polka (31)" and as the third strain of Breathnach's version of "Knocknaboul Polka (2)" in his Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 4 (1996, No. 91).
