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TOM BILLY'S POLKA [1] (Polca Tom Billy). AKA and see "Ballydesmond Polka (3)," "Gneevequilla Polka." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). Ireland, County Kerry. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The title honors Tom Billy Murphy of Kingwilliamstown (1879-1944), an influential fiddler in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border. As part of the set “Ballydesmond Polkas,” it is the third tune in the series.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Fiddler Paddy Cronin (Co. Kerry) [Breathnach]; Pádraig O'Keeffe & Denis Murphy (Co Kerry) [Beisswenger].

Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 37. Breathnach (Coel Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 73, p. 36.

Recorded sources : - Outlet Records OAS 3002, Paddy Cronin - "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). RTE 174CD, Pádraig O'Keeffe & Denis Murphy - "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master" (1995. Originally recorded 1948-49). Chieftains – “Chieftains 5” (appears as last of “Three Kerry Polkas”).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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