Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on January 4th 2002 by Netallica.
This tune has been added to 255 tunebooks.
Also known as Hunter's Cabin, Kevin Burke's, Mickey Chewing Bubblegum.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bill Sullivan's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Amaj
|: a2 a>f | ec a>f | ec a>f | ec BA | a2 a>f | ec a2 | ce B>c| BA A2 :|
|: ce ec | df fA | ce eA | cB AB | ce eA | df f2 | ce B>c | BA A2 :|
Sean Cleland
I learned this great polka from Sean Cleland in a workshop that I took from him. He plays it differently from the way Kevin Burke plays it and the way it's posted here. I'll post the other version in abc soon.
# Posted on August 3rd 2004 by Max Becher
Tune on Dervish's "Spirit"
The tune Kevin Burke's is listed on the Dervish "Spirit" album, but in this tune database is listed as "Dan Breen's". Here is a link:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/999
See the comments tab for a transcription of the Dervish version.
# Posted on January 8th 2006 by John-N
"Bill Sullivan's Polka" ~ another key and a few other ways...
K: D Major
|: c |
d2 d>B | AF d2 | FA dB | AF ED |
d2 dB | AF d2 | FA E>F | ED D :|
|: D/E/ |
|: FA AF | GB BA | FA FA | FE ED/E/ |
FA- AF | G/A/B BA | FA E>F |1 ED- D :|
You can also find Kevin Burke teaching it in this key on DVD #1 of a pair:
"Learn to Play Irish Fiddle: Polkas, Jigs & Slides" ~ 90 minutes
Homespun Videos / DVDs
ISBN: 1-932964-44-4
# Posted on June 21st 2006 by ceolachan
~ http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/2060
# Posted on June 21st 2006 by ceolachan
"Bill Sullivan's Polka" ~ another key and a few more ways with it
X: 1134
T: Bill Sullivan's Polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: G Major
g2 g>e | dB g2 | Bd ge | dB AG |
g/a/g/f/ g>e | dB g2 | Bd A>c | BG G2 :|
Bd dB | ce e2 | Bd dB | cA A2 |
Bd d/c/B | ce e>c | Bd A>c | BG G2 :|
N: take 2
g2 ge | dB g/a/g/e/ | dB g>e | dB AG |
g2 g/a/g/e/ | dB gf/e/ | dB A>B | AG G2 :|
Bd d/e/d/B/ | ce e/d/c | Bd/^c/ d/B/G | BA AG/A/ |
Bd Bd | ce e>c | Bd A>B | AG G2 :|
This was put together for a request...
# Posted on June 7th 2007 by ceolachan
Mickey Chewing Bubble Gum
Where does that title come from?
# Posted on June 14th 2008 by 52Paddy
Mickey chewing bubble gum... I had heard a last name way back when, but can't remember. At the time it was also suggested it may have picked that name up in North America, but I think that was in reference to Terry Teahan...
The Fiddler's Companion ~ Andrew Kuntz
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/index.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MER_MIC.htm#MICKY_CHEWING_BUBBLEGUM
Composed by the late Terry "Cuz" Teahan as a youngster prior to leaving Ireland for America. Philippe Varlet says that Teahan composed the tune while still taking lessons with the great Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe liked the composition and continued to teach it after Teahan’s departure, and it eventually circulated among local musicians; hence the name “Bill Sullivan’s” after a local player (by which title it appears on the Jackie Daly & Seamus Creagh album {CEF 057}).
# Posted on June 14th 2008 by ceolachan
Thanks 'c'. I never knew it was composed by Terry Teahan either.
# Posted on June 15th 2008 by 52Paddy
Kevin Burke's Harmony Line
On "If the Cap Fits," Kevin Burke puts a harmony line to this tune, which sounds pretty cool on two fiddles. My imperfect transcription of how that harmony line goes is as follows:
T:Bill Sullivan's (Harmony)
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:polka
K:AMaj
|: e2 e>d | cA e>d | cA e>d | cA dc | e2 e>d | cA e2 | ea d>e| dc c2 :|
|: d|ea ae | fa ae | ea ae | fe e2| ea ae | fa ae | ea d>e | dc c2 :|
# Posted on January 9th 2009 by treecipitation