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T:Tom Billy's (slide)
F:file ID: jol/207tbs
Z:bill@capeirish.com
B:JOL.118
Q:180
L:1/8
M:12/8
R:slide
K:D
B|A2F AFF BGG BGG|AFF AFA BEE E2B|
AFF AFF BGG BGG|1 AFA B2c d3 c2 :|2AFA B2c d3 d2||
A|d2d ded cBB cBB|AFF AFA BEE EDE|
d2d ded cBB cBB|1 AFA B2c d3 d2 :|2AFA B2c d6||
TOM BILLY’S (SLIDE). Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB (Breathnach): AA’BB’ (Beisswenger, Breathnach).
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Tom Billy Murphy of Kingwilliamstown (1879-1944) via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Breathnach, Moylan]; Connie O'Connell (County Cork) [Beisswenger].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 123. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II); No. 60 (appears untitled). Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 118, pp. 68-69.
Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989).
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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