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T:The Worn Torn Petticoat
S:"Treoir"
M:12/8
L:1/8
R:slide
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
K:Ador
e2 d | c2 A BAG A2 G E2 D | EFG A2 B c2 d e2 d |
c2 A BAG A2 G E2 D |1 EFG A2 B A3 :|2 EFG A2 B A3 A3 ||
Bcd e2 f g2 e d2 d | efg a2 b a2 g e2 d |
Bcd e2 f g2 e d3 | efg a2 b a3 a3 |
Bcd e2 f g2 e d2 d | efg a2 b a2 g e2 d |
c2 A BAG A2 G E2 D | EFG A2 B A3 A3 ||
WORN, TORN PETTICOAT, THE. AKA and see "Johnny Leary's Slide (2)," "Leprechaun," "Old Torn Petticoat (2)," "Quarry Cross Slide (3)," "Torn Petticoat (2) (The)”. Irish, (“Fast”)Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Harker/Rafferty, Sullivan): AA’B (O’Leary/Moylan). A slide-rhythm version of the reel “The Torn Petticoat.” See also the reel “Old Torn Petticoat.” Martin Mulvihill published the melody in his 1st Collection (1986) as “Johnny Leary’s (Slide),” while fiddler Johnny Cronin (fiddle) and Joe "Banjo" Burke called it "Leprechaun (The)" on their 1977 album (Shanachie 29005).
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]; Danny Barry, via New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]; Pádraig O'Keeffe (County Kerry) [Beisswenger].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 39. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 288, p. 93. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 76, p. 44.
Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 82, p. 47.
Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3); No. 20, p. 8.
Treior, vol. 7, no. 1.
Recorded sources : - Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Johnny O’Leary - “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings). RTE 174CD, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O'Keeffe" (1995. Originally recorded 1948-49, played in medley with "Kilcummin Slide (The)" and "If I had a Wife"). Topic 12T311, John & Julia Clifford - “The Humours of Lisheen.” Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977).
See also listing at :
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]
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