The Happy

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on March 23rd 2009 by Crackpot.

This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Also known as Happy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...And They Danced All Night by North Cregg
• Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
• Close To The White Bear by Dave Swarbrick And Simon Nicol
• Cnoc Bui by Conal Ó'Gráda
• Dreaming Up The Tunes by Johnny Og Connolly And Brian McGrath
• The Long Trip Home: Traditional Irish Music From D.C. And Baltimore by Josh Dukes
• The Morning After by Beneche
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane

X: 1
T: Happy, The
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
af/a/ f/a/f/a/ | .af/a/ f/a/f/a/ | .af .bf | .af .ba |ge/g/ e/g/e/g/ |
.ge ce |1 .ba ((3.gfe) | .ba ((3.gfe) :|2 .ba ((3.gfe) | d2 ag ||
f2>.f2 | e2 d2 | (B/c/d) ef | ba.af |1 g2>.g2 |dc Bc |
BA FA :|2 g/a/g/a/ g/a/g/a/ | f/a/f/a/ f/a/f/a/ |eA Bc | dz bz ||

This is the second polka in the first track of the Cnoc Bui CD by Conal O'Grada. I transcribed it from the CD - the staccato markings are, of course, not staccato, but rather a way to indicate where I think Conal is cutting.

I really like the echo effect of the first two bars (and the related other phrases in the tune...). Effectively a trill, but a rhythmic and percussive one?

I'm working on getting this one into the repertoire with the preceeding Church street polka as a set.

# Posted on March 23rd 2009 by Crackpot

Track one on Cnoc Bui by Conal O'Grada - has this preceeded by:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1560

# Posted on March 23rd 2009 by Crackpot

Missing a bar

B part, after bar 1 in 1st ending: | f2 e2 |

# Posted on July 14th 2011 by kothz