X:1
T:Dan Tucker
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air of Polka
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Ballyvicmaha, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, p. 7. Carolan ms. 1, No. 16
K:G
GB/G/ F/G/A/F/|GB/G/ c/B/A/G/|GB/G/ F/G/A/F/|G/A/B/G/ DD|
GB/G/ F/G/A/F/|GB/G/ c/B/A/G/|GB/G/ F/G/A/F/|B/G/A/F/ G2:|
|:dd/d/ dd|dd e2|dd/d/ dd|AA Bd:|
|:BB A/G/E/G/|AA A2|AB dd|eg z2:|
DAN TUCKER. Irish(?), Air or Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. This "Dan Tucker" melody of unknown provenance was entered into the c. 1863-73 music copybook of County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910).
