lildogturpy Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 (edited) I've just transcribed a couple of Polkas from a CD by Timmy "The Brit" McCarthy: Movin' On. The last track has a set of three, with the middle one being the Maid of Ardagh. Can anyone furnish a name for the other two polkas? I've put them in the Tune-o-tron just called Unknown Polka for now. Unknown Polka #1 Unknown Polka #2 (edited to add blue clickes) Edited September 27, 2005 by lildogturpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Müller Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 I've just transcribed a couple of Polkas from a CD by Timmy "The Brit" McCarthy: Movin' On. The last track has a set of three, with the middle one being the Maid of Ardagh. Can anyone furnish a name for the other two polkas? I've put them in the Tune-o-tron just called Unknown Polka for now. Unknown Polka #1 Unknown Polka #2 (edited to add blue clickes) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, Robin - #1 certainly sounded familiar, I played it years back, but I am hopeless with polka names. Pasting the ABC into "Search" on TheSession.org triggered a lot of suggestions, among them "Sweeney's". That rang a bell - that's the one. /Henrik English Concertina in Sweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 The first tune is on a Chieftans LP The second sounds very Swedish with its timing a style,which is why you like it Henrik.Sorry I cannot give you the names.If you really get stuck I can fish out my old albums and find the first one. I bet Jim knows the second one. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindizzy Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 The first tune is on a Chieftans LP <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sounds like Sweeneys on Chieftains 2 (B part is marginally different ) I've no idea on the second one though .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Müller Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 The first tune is on a Chieftans LPThe second sounds very Swedish with its timing a style,which is why you like it Henrik.Sorry I cannot give you the names.If you really get stuck I can fish out my old albums and find the first one. I bet Jim knows the second one. Al <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry, but it is the second one that confuses me. Grrr! Got to find it now! The first is track 13 (Sweeney's) on Chieftains 2 - thanks for adding that pointer, Alan, that was the "picture" I had in my mind. /Henrik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted September 27, 2005 Share Posted September 27, 2005 (edited) The other one might (only might) be Dennis Murphy's Polka. The version I have is noted in the key of A, and it is not a straight transposition, but it is similar. I originally wrote them down as 'Kerry Polkas', and the individual names came later, so I could be wrong. - John Wild Edited September 27, 2005 by John Wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildogturpy Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 The second sounds very Swedish with its timing a style,which is why you like it Henrik. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I must confess, it's the second one that got me when I first heard it, I love that type of rhythm. Thanks for the help so far, you guys are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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