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T: O'Callaghan's
T:Callaghan's Polka
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
A | Bd cA | D2 B2 | D2 A2 | D2 B2 |Bd cA | D2 B2 | Bd cA | G2 G :|
B | e2 ef/e/ | d2 de | f2 fd | g2 gf |e2 e>f | eddc | B/c/d ef | gd ef |
g2 d>c | BG GA/G/ | FA AB/A/ | GA Bd |g2 d2 | B2 BA | Bd cA | G2 G :|]
CALLAGHAN'S (POLKA). AKA - "O'Callaghan's Polka." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCBC. The tune was probably named for Pádraig O'Keeffe's uncle Cal Callaghan, a fiddler. O'Keeffe played it in a medley with "O'Sullivan's Polka (1)."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Pádraig O'Keeffe [Beisswenger].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 33 (appears as "O'Callaghan's").
Recorded sources : - RTE 174CD, Pádraig O'Keeffe - "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O'Keeffe" (2012). Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - "The Smoky Chimney" (1996. Learned from a recording made by Seamus Ennis for Radio Eireann of the Sliabh Luachra fiddle master Padraig O'Keeffe). Topic, Julia Clifford - "The Humours of Lisheen."
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