Annotation:Pat Enright's Polka

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PAT ENRIGHT’S POLKA. Irish, Polka. Ireland, North Limerick. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is named for Glin, County Limerick, accordion player Pat Enright.

Source for notated version: a recording by Bronx, N.Y., fiddler Martin Mulvihill (1919-1987), originally from County Limerick [Black]. Mulvihill learned the tune from Enright.

Printed sources: Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 147, p. 77.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1010, Martin Mulvihill w. Mick Moloney - "Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick" (1978). RCA Victor, Cherish the Ladies - "Threads of Time" (1999).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Cherish the Ladies' recording on youtube.com [2]




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