Annotation:Dan O'Keeffe's Slide (1)

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X:1 T:Danny Ab's (1) T:Dan O'Keeffe's Slide [1] D:"Kerry Fiddles", Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford D:"The Star Above The Garter", Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford B:Ceol Rince na hÉireann III, no. 45 R:slide M:12/8 L:1/8 Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae K:G GA ||: B2 B {d}cBc d2 d d2 e | dBG dBG ABc AGA | B2 B {d}cBc {de}d2 B d2 g |1 fed cBA G3 {Bc}B2 A :||2 fed cBA G3 GBd || |: g2 d B2 g f2 d B c2 | ded c2 A ~d3 B2 d | g2 d B2 g f2 d B<cB | 1 ABc def {a}g3 {a }g2 f :|| 2 ABc def g3 g2 z ||

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DAN O'KEEFFE'S SLIDE [1] (Sleamhnán Dhónaill Uí Chaoimh). AKA and see "Danny Ab's Slide (1)." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson): D Major (Moylan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Moylan): AA'BB' (Breathnach). The tune was recorded Seamus Ennis in 1952, from the playing of Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, who called it "Danny Ab's," their source for the tune(s). There is a suggestion the tune was named for piper Dan O'Keefe (1821-1899), an emigrant to the United States in 1847, but this seems rather unlikely. The tune was much more likely named for Dan O'Keeffe (AKA - "Danny Ab") of Tureen Cahill, near Lisheen, Sliabh Luachra, who lived near the house of Tom Billy Murphy and his children, fiddler Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. O'Keeffe was a flute and tin whistle player and also lilted and whistled. He was taught to play by his mother, perhaps one of Tom Billy Murphy's students.

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