Dalaigh's

polka

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on July 23rd 2007 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Dalaigh 2, Dalaigh's #2, Dalaigh's No. 2, Dalaigh's No.2, Daley's, Daly's, Muiris O Dalaigh's, Muiris O' Dalaigh's, Muiris O'Dalaigh's, O' Dalaigh's, O'Dalaigh's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Lovely Madness by Beoga
• Dermot Byrne by Dermot Byrne
• Na Fili 3 by Na Fili
• Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Lynn Saoirse
• The Art Of Traditional Fiddle Playing by Matt Cranitch
• The Best Of Fiddle Fever by Fiddle Fever
• The Surprise by Pauline Cato And Tom McConville
• The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi

X: 1
T: Dalaigh's
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Ador
|: g/f/ | eA BA | eA BA | eA c/B/A | G>A Bd |
eA BA | eA B>A | G>A B/c/d | BA A :|
|: d | e>d ef | ga gf | e>d e/f/g | ab/a/ gf |
e>d d/e/f | g2 g>e | dB gB | A2- A :|

"Muiris O' Dalaigh's"

This tune could also be played with the c's sharp (^c), which would make it A Mixolydian. Many of the transcriptions I've come across for this avoid c altogether...

The most basic transcription I've found for this was in this now out-of-print collection of West Kerry music ~

“An Pota Stóir: The Set Dance Music of West Kerry”
Feargal MacAmhlaoibh
INNÉ, County Kerry, 1994
ISBN: 0-9522090-2-0
Page 14, tune #4: "Daliagh's"

X: 2
T: Dalaigh 2
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: A Dorian
|: eA BA | eA BA | eA BA | G2 Bd |
eA BA | eA BA | GB dB | A2 A2 :|
|: ed ef | ga g2 | ed ef | a2 g2 |
ed ef | ga ge | dB GB | A2 A2 :|

# Posted on July 23rd 2007 by ceolachan

"Dalaigh's Polka" ~ with a difference, from the 70's, old ABCs

X: 3
T: Dalaigh's Polka / Polca Dalaigh
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka / polca
K: A Dorian
|: B/d/ |
eA Bd | e/f/e/d/ Bd | eA BA | G>A Bd |
eA Bd | e/f/e/d/ Bd | ea e/f/e/d/ | BA A- :|
|: A |
e2 ef/g/ | ae fe | d2 de/f/ | ge fd |
e2 ef/g/ | a/b/a/e/ fd | ea e/f/e/d/ | BA A :|

& the relative on site here:

"The Glen Cottage Polka"
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on December 5th 2005 by hetty.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5278

K: E Dorian
|: BE FA | B/d/B/A/ FA | BE FE | D>E FA | ~
|: B2 Bc/d/ | eB cB | A2 AB/c/ | dA BA | ~

# Posted on July 23rd 2007 by ceolachan

"Dalaigh's Polka" ~ another transcript

"100 Polkas"
Edited by Dave Mallinson
Dave Mallinson Music, 1997
ISBN: 1-899512-21-7
Page 20, tune #51: "Dalaigh's Polka"

K: A Dorian
|: g>f | eA BA | eA BA | eA BA | G2 GB/d/ | ~
|: B>d | ed ef | g>a gf | ed eg | a2 g>f | ~

# Posted on July 23rd 2007 by ceolachan