Din Tarrant's

polka

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 5th 2004 by kjlowe.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as Din Tarrant's No. 5, Din Terrant's, Jim Keeffe's No. 2, Mert Plunkett's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ceol As Sliabh Luachra by Julia Clifford And Billy Clifford
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music by Denis Doody
• Different State by Paudie O'Connor
• Donkey's Years by The Roaring Donkey Sessions
• Give It Shtick by Matt Cranitch
• In Stitches by The Flying Toads
• It's No Secret by Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O Drisceoil
• Mind The Dresser: Music For The Sets Volume 2 by Various Artists
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
• The Heather Breeze by Heathery Breeze Ceili Band
• The Mighty Session by Various Artistes
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Whispering Sounds by Lonradh

X: 1
T: Din Tarrant's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
D | G2 G>A | B>A B/c/d | GB dB | AG ED |
G2 G>A | B>A B/c/d | e/f/g fg | AG G :|
|: A | Bd de/f/ | g>f ed | Bd de/f/ | gB A2 |
Bd de/f/ | g>f ed | B/c/d Bd | BG G :|

So where did you get it, kjlowe? Did you learn it from a record, from a friend, from a book?

This polka has its roots in a tune known in Scotland by various names, including "Wha Wadna Fecht for Charlie?" and "Wha Saw the Forty Second?". I have it somehwre on an English Morris dance tunes record under the name "The March Past".

# Posted on November 13th 2010 by nigelg