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SAILOR’S POLKA, THE. AKA and see “Barren Rocks of Aden (The).” Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A polka setting of the Scottish pipe march "Barren Rocks of Aden."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 4), 1976; No. 76.

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