Annotation:Glen Cottage Polka (2) (The)

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GLEN COTTAGE POLKA [2], THE (Teachín an Ghleanna). AKA and see "Glin Cottage Polka (3) (The)," "Green Cottage (3) (The)," "Johnny O'Leary's (1)," "Port Dálaig (2)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mallinson): AA'BB (Breathnach). The tune is a variant of the Scottish "Haughs of Cromdale (The)," according to Paul de Grae[1]. Compare also the similar "As I Went Out Upon the Ice." See "Haughs of Cromdale" for Fr. John Quinn's categorization of the this large and complexly interrelated tune family.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Seamus Creagh (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach, CRÉ vol. 3, 1985; No. 78, p. 37. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 2, p. 1.

Recorded sources : - Topic 13TS358, Jackie Daly - "Music from Sliabh Luachra, vol. 6" (1977). Gael-Linn CEF 069, Kevin Burke, Seamus Creagh & Sean Keane - "An Fhidil II" (1980).

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



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  1. Notes to "World Fiddle Day 2019, Fiddle Recital" [2]