Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on September 2nd 2001 by Mad Baloney.
This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: John O'Leary's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Amaj
dB fB | de f2 | dB fB | c/B/A/c/ e2 | dB fB | de f2 | d>e f/e/d | B2 {d}B2 :|!
f>e f/b/a | fe f2 | dB fB | c/B/A/c/ e2 | f>e f/b/a | fe f2 | d>e f/e/d | B2{d} B2 :|]
Mighty Polka?
This tune is really in F#m but wasn't an option on the input screen. It's also commonly played in Em, (moved down a 5th) at any rate it's one of the most exciting polka's I know & can lift any session out of the mud at polka time.
I think 'John O'Leary's' is the name of this tune, but I'm not sure. As a friend of mine says, "Anyone who knows the names of polkas is a $#@!"
Have fun with this one
# Posted on September 2nd 2001 by Mad Baloney
HAHA!
I love that quote, Brad. I'm going to have to use it -- since I can't seem to remember the which name of which polka goes with which tune! *giggle*
Zina
# Posted on September 2nd 2001 by Zina Lee
Cousins
Now I'm going to be a $#@! This tune is a close relative of a polka known as O'Keefe's, which really is in Bminor. But I've noticed, it's hard to find an Irish polka that doesn't have an echo of some other tune in it.
# Posted on September 6th 2001 by granama
How come?
What was the justification for this being given the alternative title of "The Lament For Staker Wallace"? Could it be removed,please?
# Posted on September 28th 2004 by Kenny
I learnt this from Nuala Kennedy as "Josephine Marsh's" and I subsequently found it as "Din Tarrant's" and "The Cobbler" (the last recorded by Julia and Billy Clifford).
# Posted on December 14th 2005 by nigelg