Annotation:Going to the Well for Water (1)

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 GOING TO THE WELL FOR WATER [1]. AKA - "Going for Water." AKA and see "Denis Murphy's," "Kaiser (The)." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major (most versions): C (Taylor/Tweed). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Leary/Moylan, Taylor/Tweed): AA'BB (Sullivan): AA'BB' (Mallinson).  Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, November, 1990 [Moylan]; accordion player Jackie Daly (County Cork) [Sullivan].  Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 54. Jordan (Whistle and Sing, Book Two); p. 15. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 64, p. 27. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 167, pp. 96-97. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 18, p. 7.  Recorded sources: Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, John & Julia Clifford with Maurice O'Keefe- "The Rushy Mountain" (1994. A reissue CD of Topic recordings from Sliabh Luachra musicians). Topic 12T311, John & Julia Clifford - "Humours of Lisheen" (appears as "Going for Water"). Topic TSCD358, Jackie Daly - "Music from Sliabh Luachra" (1977).

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