Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on March 31st 2005 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Also known as Bakerswell #1, Mrs. Crowley's, O'Sullivan's Fancy.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Jer O'Connell's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
AD F/E/D | FA de/d/ | cA AG | EF GF/G/ |
AD F/E/D | FA de/d/ | cA GE | D2 D2 :|
Ad de | fd e>d | cA AB | cd ec/B/ |
Ad de | fd e>d | cA GE | D2 D2 :|
Bakerswell's #1
This is the first of 2 polkas recorded by the Dublin band "Bakerswell". Nobody - them included - seems to have any idea of the titles of either 2. I'll post the other one tomorrow, but would appreciate it if someone could come up with the original titles.
Hope this is OK - my first attempt at posting a polka.
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by Kenny
Jer O'Connell's (polka)
sounds a little bit like that (by cherish the ladies)
# Posted on March 31st 2005 by Kurt Franke
Bakerswell #1 (polka)
This is among the first polkas I learnt, nearly 4 years ago. It's in Paul McNevin's book The Irish Fiddle, along with the second polka. He knows the tunes as Bakerswell #1 and #2, and heard them from the band Bakerswell (Seán Potts, Seán Óg Potts and Ronan Browne). Since these tunes are in print under these names I think that's how they should be named.
Both are lovely tunes. They go with a real swing and are ideal for set dancing, which is where I've heard them played recently..
Trevor
# Posted on April 1st 2005 by lazyhound
Bakerswell's #1
Hi Kenny, as you'll know, I've heard this tune many times when down visiting West Cork. I'm sure we have it on a number of recordings in our cd collection - I'll keep an ear open for it.
# Posted on April 1st 2005 by Ron P
Jer O'Connell's it is
Thanks, Kurt. I looked “Jer O’Connell’s” up in the “Fiddler’s Companion” website, [ which I regard as pretty reliable ] . There are a few minor variations, but I’d say it’s the same tune, and their source is indeed “Cherish The Ladies”. Trevor, thanks for your comments. I’m going to re-name it as “Jer O’Connell’s”, and I’ll leave “Bakerswell #1” as an alternative title. Incidentally, the “Bakerswell” which recorded the LP were a 7-piece band, and none of them was Ronan Browne. How does he come into the picture? Just curious.
Any information on who Jer O'Connell is/was?
# Posted on April 1st 2005 by Kenny
Jer O'Connell's Polka
The three members of the Bakerswell band mentioned in my last posting were the ones listed by Paul McNevin in his introductory notes to "Bakerswell #1". Ronan Browne was presumably around at the time when Paul came across the tune, even if he wasn't in the band that recorded the LP.
Trevor
# Posted on April 2nd 2005 by lazyhound
Tune Title
Round this area here, this tune is known as Mrs Crowleys Polka I have also heard it called Ryans Polka. Mighty tune when one puts the bellows under a bit of pressure.
# Posted on April 6th 2005 by Happy Sally
"O'Sullivan's Fancy" / "Jer O'Connell's" / etc. ~ rescued duplication?
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on December 1st 2007 by justjim.
~ /tunes/display/8013
X: 2
T: O'Sullivan's Fancy
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: D Major
B |:\
AD FG | AG AB | =c/B/A G>D | FG AF/G/ |
AD FG | AG AB | =c/B/A GE | ED DA/B/ :|
Ad de | fg/f/ ed | cA AB | cd ec |
Ad de | fg/f/ ed | cA GE | ED D2 :|
"O'Sullivan's Fancy" (polka)
Transcribed from Taxi Mauve, the first in a set with "I Looked East and I Looked West" and "Doyle's", this one can crank. I can't get Doyle's up to speed, but these other two are easily played fast enough to rapidly exhaust the dancers.
# Posted on December 1st 2007 by justjim
# Posted on December 1st 2007 by ceolachan
"Jer O'Connell's" ~ take 3, with the lead-ins I'm familiar with
X: 3
T: O'Sullivan's Fancy
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|: A/B/ |\
AD F>G | A>^G AB | =c/B/A GE | EF GA/B/ |
AD FG | A>^G AB | =c/B/A GE | ED D :|
|: F/G/ |\
Ad d>e | fd ed | cA AB | cd ed/c/ |
Ad de | fg/f/ ed | c/B/A GE | ED D :|
# Posted on December 1st 2007 by ceolachan
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on December 21st 2003 by errik.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2282
I can just hear it know, couldn't you have just left well enough alone?
# Posted on December 1st 2007 by ceolachan
"Jer O'Connell's" ~ that just mentioned transcription
More than duplicated this one, here's to bringing it closer, to the comments here, for comparison:
X: 4
T: Jer O'Connell's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|: AD ED | FA dc/d/ | cA B/A/G | EF GF/G/ |
AD ED | FA dc/d/ | cA GE | F/E/D D2 :|
|: Ad de | fg/f/ ed | cA AB | B/c/d ef/e/ |
Ad de | fd e/f/e/d/ | cA GE | ED D2 :|
# Posted on December 1st 2007 by ceolachan
Again, Thanks for the rescue
Interesting to see these all side by side. The two named O'Sullivan's are different in character from the two Jer OConnell's but all share so many notes. The sixteenth note figures fall consistently in different places and give them a wholly different kind of bounce. The jer's could be played together and the O'sullivan's could be played together, but I think all four together would be mush.
# Posted on December 4th 2007 by justjim