Annotation:Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (3) (The)

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 DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE [3], THE (An Cailín Dubh i bhFeisteas Gorm). Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka is from the northern Irish tradition (i.e. Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim) rather than the southern Kerry polkas that are more frequently heard. A odd version by Ontario fiddle Dawson Girdwood was set in the key of 'E' Major. Sources for notated versions: a flute duet by James Morrison (County Sligo, Ireland) and John McKenna [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luarchra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uileann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]; Patsy Hanly [Bulmer & Sharpley]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Bégin]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Bégin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 74, p. 84 (appears as "The Girl Dressed in Blue"). Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 75, p. 36. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 82. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 116. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 286, p. 92. Mallinson (101 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 5, p. 3. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, addenda (appears as "The Dark Girl"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 128. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 56, p. 33. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 23. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 11.  Recorded sources: Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter" (appears as "The Dark Girl"). Folktrax-074, John Doherty - "The Pedlar's Pack." Shanachie 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978). Frankie Gavin - "Croch Suas E/Up and Away."

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