Crooked Road to Dublin
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Crooked Road to Dublin" also known as<br> "The Crooked Road", "The Duke of Leinster's Wife", "The Ladies' Pantalettes" or<br> "The Smiles and Tears of Erin" is an Irish reel in G Major. The parts are played<br> AB (Mitchell, Mulvihill), AAB (Harker/Rafferty) or AABB (Phillips).<br> "Crooked Road to Dublin" was recorded in New York by County Sligo fiddler<br> Michael Coleman (1891–1945) c. 1924.<br> Irish music collector and musicologist Brendan Breathnach printed the melody as<br> "The Smiles and Tears of Erin" (CRÉ I, no. 101), about which<br> researcher Conor Ward remarks:<br> This tune was recorded in New York in November 1934 by the ‘Smiles and Tears of Erin’ Orchestra<br> as the second tune in a set entitled ‘Master Rogers - Reel Medley’. This 78 record is presumably<br> the source of Breathnach’s title for this tune in CRÉ1 No.101. ‘The Smiles and Tears of Erin’ was<br> a group of Irish musicians put together by the Longford fiddler Jim Clarke (1887-1938). They were<br> joined on this record by the fiddle and melodeon player Frank Quinn (1893-1964). Quinn and Clarke<br> lived a few miles away from each other in Drumlish, Longford before they both emigrated to New York.<br> They named this track in honour of their fiddle teacher Bernard Rogers (1856-1907) a local fiddle<br> master who lived beside them.<br> It was printed in Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Mitchell's Dance Music of Willie Clancy (1993),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986),<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles (1989).<br> It was recorded by Martin Hayes on Under the Moon (1995),<br> Christy Moore on The Iron Behind the Velvet (1978),<br> Andy McGann & Paul Brady on It's A Hard Road To Travel (1977).<br>
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