McDonagh's

polka

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on April 28th 2010 by iTrad.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Also known as Ballinafad.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
• Along Blackwater's Banks by Sliabh Notes
• Comb Your Hair And Curl It by Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh
• Contentment Is Wealth by Matt Molloy And Sean Keane
• Cuisle by Angela Deane
• Fire In The Air by Bobbi Nikles With Kyle Alden, Paul Kotapish, Maureen Brennan, Julian Smedley, Cindy Browne, Shira Kammen And David Morris
• Home Away From Home by NicGaviskey
• Iona by Iona
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
• Live by Guidewires
• Matt Molloy by Matt Molloy
• Mirth-Making Heroes by At The Racket
• On A Different Note by Michael Flatley
• Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
• Rattlin' Banjos (part 2) by David McNevin
• Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
• Stringtones by Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry, Nodlaig Brolly
• The Humours Of Derrybeha by Pat O'Connor
• The Mighty Box by Luke Daniels
• The Nervous Man by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• Until The Cows Come Home by 2duos

X: 1
T: McDonagh's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
B2 B/A/B/c/ | BG G>B | AG FG | AB cA |
B2 B/A/B/c/ | BG G>B | AG FE | D2 DB/c/ ||
dg dB | cA Ad/c/ | BG EF | GF ED |
B2 B/A/B/c/ | BG G>e | dg f/g/a/f/ | g2 ga ||
b2 b/a/g/f/ | g2 gd | f2 f/e/d/B/ | c2 cd/c/ |
Bd gd | cA B/c/d | e2 f2 | g2 ga ||
b2 b/a/g/f/ | g2 gd | f2 f/e/d/B/ | c2 cd/c/ |
Bd gd | cA B/c/d | e2 f2 | g>a gd ||

Tune already posted

This was already posted under the title of Ballinafad Polka

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8367

That version is closer to how I play it from listening to versions played by Matt Molloy on Pathway to the Well, the McDonagh brothers on their eponymous album, and Catherine mcEvoy, Caomhin O Raghallaigh and Micheal O Raghallaigh on their concert tour a few years ago.

# Posted on May 8th 2010 by southsider