The Ballydesmond Polka (3)
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Ballydesmond Polka (3)", also known as "Gneevequilla Polka" or "Tom Billy's Polka" is an Irish<br> polka in 2/4 time and A Mixolydian or A Dorian (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, Taylor/Tweed).<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> It comes from the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border of Ireland.<br> The "Ballydesmond Polkas" numbers 1, 2 and 3 are usually played as a group and are known<br> collectively as "The Ballydesmond Polkas".<br> It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ 3,<br> Cotter's Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (1989),<br> Cranitch's Irish Fiddle Book (1996) and Irish Session Tunes: The Red Book (2000),<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Jordan's Whistle and Sing! (1975),<br> Mallinson's 100 Irish Polkas (1997),<br> Miller & Perron's 101 Polkas (1978),<br> Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> Taylor's Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice (1994) and<br> Vallely's Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 2.<br> It was recorded by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford on The Star Above the Garter (1973) and<br> Padraig O'Keeffe on The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O'Keeffe (appears as "Tom Billy's").<br>
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