Annotation:Din Tarrant's (5)

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 DIN TARRANT'S [5]. AKA and see "Humors of Ballydesmond (The)," "Knocknaboul Polka (1)," "Knocknabower Polka (1)," "Little Green Cottage (The)," "Scartaglen Polka (1) (The)." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'C. The tune is usually paired with "Knocknaboul Polka (2) (The)," and together they are known as "The Knocknaboul Polkas."  Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].  Printed sources: Ceol, vol. 2, No. 4 (appears as "The Little Green Cottage"). Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 280, pp. 160-161.  Recorded sources: Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter" (appears as "Knocknabower Polkas" [1]). Topic 12T309, Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "Kerry Fiddles" (Originally recorded 1952 and appears as "The Humours of Ballydesmond"). See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

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