The Ballydesmond

polka

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on September 29th 2001 by Bloomfield.

This tune has been added to 72 tunebooks.

Also known as The Ballydesmond #1/Tony Lowe's, Ballydesmond No. 1, The Ballydesmond Polka 1, The Ballydesmond Polka No. 1, The Ballydesmond Polkas No. 1, The Ballydesmond Polkas, Donncha Lynch's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Cairde Cairdín by Diarmuid O'Brien
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
• Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
• Far From Home by Boys Of The Lough
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• In The Time Of by Edel Sullivan
• Knot Loitering by Knot Fibb'n
• Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
• Sessions From..... by An Teach Beag
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
• Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
• Take A Bow by Matt Cranitch
• The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
• The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
• The Ring Sessions by James Kelly
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh

X: 1
T: Ballydesmond, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Ador
|:A>B AG|EF GE|A>B AG|Ad (4dedc|
A>B AG|EF G2|AB cE|ED D2:|
Ad d2|ed c2|ed cd|ea (4abag|
ed c2|ed c2|A3B cd|ef g>f|
ed cd|eA cd|e>d cd|ea (4abag|
(3efg d>B|ce d>B|AB cE|ED D2||

All three of the Ballydesmond polkas are from playing of Denis Murphy and
Julia Clifford. They are usually played as a set.

This was transcribed by Jack Walsh.

I only play #1 and #2 as a set (#2 is also known as Maurice Manley's) and
I play them quite slowly with a strong lilting polka feeling (stress on the
first beat of each bar). They work at "session speed", too, but some of
their haunting beauty is lost, I think.

# Posted on September 29th 2001 by Bloomfield

A slightly different version is here http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3681

# Posted on September 5th 2007 by Dow