The Limerick Redowa

mazurka

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 13th 2009 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.

Also known as The Limerick Waltz, The Limerick, Redowa Luimnigh, Válsa Luimnigh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Before Leaving by Caoilte O'Suilleabhain
• Minstrel's Fancy by Sean Ryan And PJ Moloney
• Suantrai by John Canny, Kevin Carey And Terence O'Reilly
• Sugach Samh/Happy Out by Niamh Ni Charra
• The Boy In The Gap by Paddy Taylor

X: 1
T: Limerick Redowa, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: Gmaj
|: B>d |\
g2 f2 B>d | e2 d2 B>d | c2 B2 (3ABd | (3efe d2 B>d |
g2 f2 B>d | (3efe d2 B>d | c2 B2 A2 | G4 :|
|: B>d |\
c2 B2 (3ABd | (3efe d2 B>d | c2 B2 (3ABd | e2 d2 B>d |
g2 f2 B>d | (3efe d2 B>d | c2 B2 A2 | G4 :|
|: (3ddd |\
d2 b3 a | g2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 f2 | g2 b2 (3ddd |
d2 b3 a | g2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 f2 | g4 :|

"The Roche Collection of Traiditional Irish Music, Volume III" 1927

Frank Roche (1866 - 1961)

page 50, tune 151 ~ The Limerick Waltz / Redowa

X: 2
T: Limerick Redowa, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: redowa
K: Gmaj
Bd |\
g2 f2 GB | e2 d2 Bd | c2 B2 (3ABd | e2 d2 Bd |
g2 f2 GB | e2 d2 Bd | c2 B2 A2 | G4 ||
Bd |\
c2 B2 (3ABc | e2 d2 Bd | c2 B2 (3Abd | e2 d2 Bd |
g2 f2 GB | e2 d2 Bd | c2 B2 A2 | G4 ||
(3ddd |\
d2 b2 a2 | g2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 f2 | g2 b2 (3ddd |
d2 b2 a2 | g2 B2 d2 | c2 A2 f2 | g4 ||

# Posted on November 13th 2009 by ceolachan

"The Limerick Redowa" in D

X: 3
T: Limerick Redowa, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: redowa
K: DMaj
|: (3FGA |\
d2 c2 DF | B2 A2 FA | (3GAG F2 (3EFA | B2 A2 (3FGA |
d2 c2 (3DEF | B2 A2 FA | G2 (3FGF E2 | D4 :|
|: F>A |\
G2 F2 (3EFG | B2 A2 FA | G2 F2 (3EFA | (3BcB A2 FA |
d2 c2 DF | B2 A2 (3FGA | (3GAG (3FGF E2 |[1 D4 :|[2 D3 E ||
|: F>G |\
A2 f3 e | (3ded F2 A2 | G2 E2 c2 | d2 f2 (3AAA |
A2 f2 e2 | d2 F3 A | G2 e2 c2 |[1 d3 A :|[2 d4 |]

# Posted on November 13th 2009 by ceolachan

B not b ~

The ABCs are now corrected, from (3Abd to (3ABd, but the ABCs here in the comments above, from the Roche collection, still contain the problem triplet, in the second part. Apologies for missing that...

# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan

Where does the word Redowa come from it sounds Polish etc?

# Posted on November 16th 2009 by Michael Sam Wild

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redowa

But this couple will put the fear of dance in you
http://www.redowa.co.uk/

# Posted on November 17th 2009 by ceolachan

From one of many online dictionaries ~

Czech rejdovák,
from rejdovati = 'to guide around'...

# Posted on November 17th 2009 by ceolachan

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/redowa

red-o-wa ['red'-uh-wuh, -vuh]
–noun
a Bohemian dance in two forms, one resembling the waltz or the mazurka, the other resembling the polka.

Origin:
1855–60; < French rédowa or German Redowa < Czech rejdovák, derived from rejdovat = to steer, wheel about

Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.

# Posted on November 17th 2009 by ceolachan