The Three Sea Captains
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
in Gaelic "Na Tri Taoisaig/Taoiseaca".<br> Also known as "Clark's Favorite," "William Clark's Favorite" and<br> "The Three Captains", it is a Scottish and Irish long or set dance.<br> The tune appears in the Calvert Collection (1799).<br> This set dance was composed in honour of the victory of the combined<br> fleets of Britain, France and Russia (and their respective sea<br> captains) over the Egyptian and Turkish fleets at the battle of<br> Navarino in 1827. Navarino bay is off Pylos in the Peloponnese of<br> southern Greece. This was the last great sea battle fought with<br> wooden ships and was decisive in the struggle for Greek<br> independence from the Ottoman empire.<br> It was recorded by The Dubliners, The Chieftains, Eugene O’Donnell,<br> Ann Heymann and others.<br> I learned it from Ann Heymann's playing the clàrsach, Eugene<br> O’Donnell's violin playing and the Mel Bay edition of O'Neill's<br> Music of Ireland.<br>
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