Annotation:Sonny Sweeney's
X:1 T:Sonny Sweeney's M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Polka K:G D>E G>A|Bd BG/A/|BA/B/ d>B|AG E/F/G/E/|D>E G>A|Bd BG/A/| BA/B/ B>A|G2 G2:||g2 e/f/g/e/|dB (3d/e/d/ B/A/|G>B AB|AG EG| g>f e/f/g/e/|dB (3d/e/d/ B/A/|G>B AB|AG G2|g2 e/f/g/e/|dB d>B| G>B AB|AG E/F/G/E/|D>E G>A|Bd BG/A/|BA/B/ B>A|G2G2||
SONNY SWEENEY'S. AKA and see “Glencollins Polka (The).” Irish, Polka (2/4 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. Felix “Sonny” McSweeney was a fiddler from Leame near Gneeveguilla, County Kerry. Sliabh Luahra accordion player Johnny O'Leary remembered Sweeney as a carpenter, “a small little man that used to play a fiddle along with Denis Murphy.”
