Annotation:Ballyvournie Polka

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BALLYVOURNIE POLKA. AKA and see "Ballinaderreen Polka (The)," "Lackagh Cross (1)," "Salmon Tailing up the River (1)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Ballyvourney is in the west County Cork gaeltacht. The accompaniment begins on the dominent seventh chord.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 47, p. 18. Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1989; p. 29.

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