Annotation:Polka (29)
X:1 T:Untitled T:Polka [29] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka or Quadrille B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 3, No. 255) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. K:G G/A/B/c/ dd|ee d2|ed BG|BA A2|G/A/B/c/ dd|ee d2|ed BG|BA G2|| gg/f/ ed|ed B2|ed BG|BA A2|gg/f/ ed|ed B2 |ed BG|BA G2||
POLKA [29]. AKA and see "Boatsman's Dance (2)," "Rosa Lee." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). This untitled polka can be found in the large 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician biography:Stephen Grier. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune to be a cognate version of the minstrel song "Rosa Lee," also appearing as "Boatsman's Dance (2)" in Kerr's Merry Melodies vol. 2 (1883). See note for "annotation:Rosa Lee" for more information.
