X:1
T:Camptown Races [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:A
ef/e/ ce|fe c2|c B2 A/B/|c B2 B|ef/e/ ce fe c2|Bc/d/ cB|A2A2:|
|:A2 ce|a2 ab/a/|f2 af |e2ec/d/|e2 ce|fe cd/c/|Bc/d/ cB|A2A2:||
CAMPTOWN RACES [2]. Irish, Polka or Slide. A Major (Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham, Mallinson): A Mixolydian (Moylan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham): AA'BB (Moylan). The west Kerry set dance versions are quite a bit removed from the Stephen Foster original, which is barely discernible in some versions. Editor Moylan states that O'Keeffe's recorded version is a link between the Foster and O'Leary versions.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Jack Sweeney via accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 14. Mac Amhlaoibh and Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 9, p. 15. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 28, p. 11. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 346, p. 195.
Recorded sources : - RTE CD174, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O'Keeffe" (1995, originally recorded 1948-49, played in medley with "As I Went Out upon the Ice," "Tom Billy's Polka," and "Jimmy Doyle's Polka").
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