Annotation:James Gannon's Barn Dance (2)

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 JAMES GANNON'S (BARNDANCE) [2]. AKA and see "Chaffpool Post (1) (The)," "Merry Priest (The)," "Shannon Waves." Irish, Barndance. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman was the first to record this tune, in New York in 1927. It has long been popular among Cape Breton fiddlers, according to Paul Stewart Cranford, and has been recorded by Angus Chisholm, Mike MacDougall, Howie MacDonald, and Kinnon Beaton, among others. The melody appears as "Merry Priest (The)" in County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler Ed Reavy's book The Music of Corktown, which documents some of the tunes popular among Irish fiddlers in Philadelphia in the mid-20th century.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:  See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info Hear the recording by Lad O'Beirne, Louis Quinn and the Quinn Orchestra at Comhaltas Archives

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