Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on July 1st 2002 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.
Also known as Con Curtin's Big Baloon, Paddy Carty's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
d|:BGE EGE|BGE EdB|AFD DED|
DFA ded|BGE EDE|BAB d2e|
fdB AGF|1GEE E2d:|2GEE E3||
eBe gfe|bge efe|dAd fed|afd dgf|
eBe gfe|bge edc|BGE AcA|BGE E3|
eBe gfe|bge efe|dAd fef|aga def|
g2b aga|bge gfg|edB BAF|GEE E3||
Cornelius Curtin's Big Ballon
Source: Paddy Carty_Traditionsl Irish Music
Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta
# Posted on July 1st 2002 by gian marco
The Title
Re: the rather strange title, I think the "Big Balloon" was actually a pub somewhere in London.
# Posted on July 1st 2002 by LongNote
Cornelius Curtinīs Big Balloon
Con Curtin, the well known Kerry fiddle player, was the landlord of "The Balloon" pub in Fulham, SW London in the sixties.
It was famous for its sessions, especially after hours, and most of the Irish musicians in London at the time played there.
Con returned to his home in Kerry (soewhere in the Tralee - Listowel are, I think) and is still alive and well. He is one of the few living musicians to have a summer festival in his honour.
# Posted on July 15th 2002 by murfbox
Con Curtin is still alive and well in Brosna, a small village on the Cork, Kerry & Limerick border. A living legend!
# Posted on December 2nd 2005 by Jonathan Roche
I wouldn't call it the same tune, but this one sounds similiar to "Kevin Moloney's" on Mike Rafferty's album Speed 78.
# Posted on October 13th 2006 by withak
Any info on the composer?
# Posted on March 30th 2007 by PaddyCmusic