Annotation:Barrack Hill (1)

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X:1 T:Barrack Hill [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Single Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 410 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador e2A A2f|e2d Bcd|e2A A2B|G2A Bcd| e2A A2f|e2d Bcd|e2d g2B|A3 A3:| |:e2d efg|a2b g2e|d2e d2B|d2e dcB| [1 e2d efg|a2b g2e|d2B g2B|A3 A2:| [2 e2d e2f|g2a b2a|g2e d2B|A2a agf||

BARRACK HILL [1] (Cnoc an t-Sluaigteac). AKA and see "Green Cottage Slide (The)," "Port Sheáin Dan Nell," "Green Cottage Polka (2) (The)." Irish, English; Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Munster. A Dorian: E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Moylan, Sharp): AABB (Karpeles, O'Neill, Raven, Roche, Stanford/Petrie). 12/8 and 2/4 versions of the melody also known as "Haughs of Cromdale (The)" (from which it probably was derived), "O'Neill's March (2)" and "Tralee Gaol." Editor Moylan notes the melody has also been known as "The cat jumped into the mouse's hole and didn't come down till morning." Petrie (1855) identifies the melody as "a Munster jig" and remarks that "it had a peculiar kind of dance." He also adds "Same as a Scotch tune," apparently referring to "Haughs of Cromdale (The)"^[1]. The tune was recorded by Brendan Begley as "Port Sheáin Dan Nell."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].

Printed sources : - Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 25. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 320, p. 183. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 410, p. 81. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 178. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2), 1912; No. 250, p. 23. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 57.

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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↑ See notes for "annotation:Haughs of Cromdale (The)" for Fr. John Quinn's categorization of this large and complex tune family and derivatives.

[1] See notes for "annotation:Haughs of Cromdale (The)" for Fr. John Quinn's categorization of this large and complex tune family and derivatives.

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