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Annotation:Ceanngulla Polka (The)
X:520 T: Ceanngulla S: "Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra" (#166) Z: B.Black N: version of "Lakes of Sligo" L: 1/8 M: 2/4 Q: 280 R: polka K: D A>B AF|AB de|fa f>e|dB B/c/d/B/| A>B AF|AB de|fa e/f/g/e/|d2 d2 :| fa ab/a/|gf/g/ ba|fa ef/e/|dB BA| fa ab/a/|gf/g/ ba|fa ef/e/|d2 d2| fa ab/a/|gb ba|fa ef/e/|dB Bd| A>B AF|AB de|fa e/f/g/e/|d2 d2 ||
CEANNGULLA POLKA, THE. AKA - "Ceangulla Polka (1)." AKA and see "Lakes of Sligo (The)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title is source O'Leary's, named for a village located between the abodes of fiddlers Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe, as he could not remember from which he obtained the tune. The tune is a polka setting derived from older march tunes, broadly grouped as the "Banks of Inverness" tune family.
