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'''DOLLY VARDEN [1]''' (An Dolly Varden). Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source Murphy said the polka was not of the usual kind played for dancing in Sliabh Luachra, but rather it had its own associated dance-"Dance around like 'The Stack of Barley'." A 'dolly varden' was a kind of woman's outfit in the 19th century, consisting of a wide-skirted, tight-bodiced print dress, worn with a triangular scarf and a flowered hat with a wide, drooping brim. The name comes from a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge (1841) by Charles Dickens, wherein Dolly Varden is the locksmith's coquettish daughter who was wont to wear a dress of flowered dimity. Jackie Small, editor of '''CRÉ V''', says: "The public were very fond of this character, and songs and dances were composed in her honour. This tune is known as 'William Clarke' in County Limerick." | |f_annotation='''DOLLY VARDEN [1]''' (An Dolly Varden). Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source Murphy said the polka was not of the usual kind played for dancing in Sliabh Luachra, but rather it had its own associated dance-"Dance around like 'The Stack of Barley'." A 'dolly varden' was a kind of woman's outfit in the 19th century, consisting of a wide-skirted, tight-bodiced print dress, worn with a triangular scarf and a flowered hat with a wide, drooping brim. The name comes from a character in the novel '''Barnaby Rudge''' (1841) by Charles Dickens, wherein Dolly Varden is the locksmith's coquettish daughter who was wont to wear a dress of flowered dimity. Jackie Small, editor of '''CRÉ V''', says: "The public were very fond of this character, and songs and dances were composed in her honour. This tune is known as 'William Clarke' in County Limerick." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Breathnach]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach/Small ('''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. V'''), 1999; No. 87, p. 46. | |||
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Latest revision as of 04:29, 9 March 2023
DOLLY VARDEN [1] (An Dolly Varden). Irish, Polka (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source Murphy said the polka was not of the usual kind played for dancing in Sliabh Luachra, but rather it had its own associated dance-"Dance around like 'The Stack of Barley'." A 'dolly varden' was a kind of woman's outfit in the 19th century, consisting of a wide-skirted, tight-bodiced print dress, worn with a triangular scarf and a flowered hat with a wide, drooping brim. The name comes from a character in the novel Barnaby Rudge (1841) by Charles Dickens, wherein Dolly Varden is the locksmith's coquettish daughter who was wont to wear a dress of flowered dimity. Jackie Small, editor of CRÉ V, says: "The public were very fond of this character, and songs and dances were composed in her honour. This tune is known as 'William Clarke' in County Limerick."
