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SHORES OF LOUGH GOWNA. AKA and see “Ball of Ballynafeidh (The),” “Banks of Lough Gowna (1) (The),” “Lough Gowna (2),” “Slopes of Sliabh Luachra (The).” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Additional notes
Sources for notated versions: - Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]; Sligo fiddler Andrew Davey’s 1972 recording [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 2), 1974; No. 36. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 190, p. 59. Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 97, p. 42. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 2), 1977; No. 55. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 36. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 136.
Recorded sources: - Green Linnet GLCD 1071, Patrick Street - "Patrick Street" (1986). Leader LER 2044, Andrew Davey (1928-2005) – “Music from the Coleman Country” (1972). Outlet SOLP 1007, Seamus Tansey - "Best of Seamus Tansey" (1970). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller – “Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999). Topic 12TS 315, Dick Gaughan - "Coppers and Brass" (1977).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]
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