Annotation:Happy Days
X:1 T:Let’s Dance C:Larry Redican M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Treoir 1970, p. 9 N:”This tune, along with “Lough Key”, “O’Brien’s Trip to America,” N:and “Forget Me Not” were composed by Larry Redican and presented N:to Paddy O’Brien on the occasion of his recent visit to America.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F AG|FDC FAc|agfdfc|Bdf Acf|{d}BAB GEC| FAG FAc|agf dfc|BAG AGF EFG F2:| c|faf {a}gec|dBf cAc|faf gec|deg fga| bag afd|cdB AFG|ABc fcA |BGE F2c||
HAPPY DAYS. AKA and see "Let's Dance." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by New York Irish-American musician Larry Redican (1908-1975, born in County Roscommon). It was published in Treoir (the Comhaltas magazine), vol. 2, no. 1 in 1970 from Redican himself and was there titled "Let's Dance." Redican composed the jig, along with "O'Brien's Trip to America," "Forget Me Not (1)," and "Lough Key (2)", in honor of the 1969 trip to America by musician Paddy O'Brien.
