Annotation:Ballroom Favourite (2)

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X: 1 T: Ballroom Favorite [2] S: Treoir (as a barn dance) Z: B. Black M: 2/4 L: 1/8 R: hornpipe K: D F/G/|AF A>A|BG B>B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|(3e/f/e/ d/B/ A/G/F/G/| AF A>A| BG B>B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/c/d/|(3e/f/e/ d/c/ d :| |:z|ab/a/ fd|c/d/e/f/ g2|g/f/g/e/ BA/B/|d/e/f/g/ aa| AF A>A|BG B>B|g/f/g/e/ c/A/ (3B/c/d/|(3e/f/e/ d/c/ d :|


BALLROOM FAVOURITE NO. 2. Irish, "Barn Dance" (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is a distanced variant of "Mrs. Kenny's Barn Dance" (also known as "Woodland Flowers (1)"), recorded in New York by influential County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1888-1947).


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - from a 1934 Decca 78 RPM recording of flute player John McKenna (1891-1945) and banjo player Michael Gaffney, both originally from County Leitrim, via accordion player Charlie Harris (County Galway) [Taylor].

Printed sources : - Taylor (Through the Half-Door), 1992; No. 68, p. 48.

Recorded sources : - Decca 12042 (78 RPM), John McKenna & Michael Gaffney (1934). Shaskeen - "The Joys of Life."



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