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Annotation:Tom Sullivan's (Polka)
X: 1 T:Tom Sullivan's S:as recorded by Jackie Daly N:Transcribed by Alan Ng without variations D:Music from Sliabh Luachra, Topic 1977, reissued as Green Linnet GLCD 3065, 1992 Z:id:ng-other-13 Transcribed by Alan Ng agng@facstaff.wisc.edu July 7, 2000 L:1/16 R:polka M:2/4 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/redhawk.org/ng/ng-other.abc K:D E|F2G2 A2B2|=cBA2 A2G2|A2d2 d2c2|d3c d2e2| edc2 e3d|c2A2 A3B|cBA2 G2E2|D4 D3:|* |:e|f2d2 e2d2|c2A2 A3e|f2d2 e2c2|d4 d3e| f2d2 e2d2|c2A2 A3B|cBA2 G2E2|D4 D3:|* P:"variation for last time through" e|f2d2 e2d2|c2A2 A2de|f2d2 e2f2|g2fg a2g2| f2d2 e3d|c2A2 A3B|cBA2 G2E2|D4 D3||**
TOM SULLIVAN'S (POLKA). AKA and see "Bog Road," "Box about the Fireplace," "Did You Wash Your Father's Shirt?," "Disappointed Coquette (The)," "Gather 'Round the Fire," "Ghile Beag lé m'Anam Thú," "Molly Jones," "Spailpín Fánach (2) (The)," "West Cork Reel (The)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cowdery): AABB (Sullivan): AABB’ (Mallinson). The melody is based on a melodic variant of "Job of Journey Work (1) (The)." See also the related "Matt Hayes's Polka (2)."
See note for "annotation:Did You Wash Your Father's Shirt?" for more information on this tune family.
