Annotation:Humors of Tulla (The)
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HUMOURS OF TULLA, THE (Pléaráca na Tulaí) (Pléaráca an Tulaigh). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch, Miller): AAB (Taylor/Tweed): AABB (Taylor): AA'BB' (Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty). The melody was popularized by B/C button accordion player Joe Cooley (who played it as the first tune in a medley, followed by "Skylark (1) (The)" and "Roaring Mary").
Sources for notated versions: accordion player Joe Cooley (Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 135, p. 63. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3, 1976; No. 4. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 87. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 140, p. 42. Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 51, p. 22. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 171, p. 108. Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 37, p. 26. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 30.
Recorded sources: Gael-Linn Records CEF 044, Joe Cooley - "Cooley" (1975). Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live." Popcorn Behavior - "Journeywork" (1997). Billy McComiskey (et al) - "The Big Squeeze." Tara Records, "Stockton's Wing" (1978).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]