There is a relative of this tune in CRE5 #92(ii) called the Gypsy's Polka (Polca na Giofóige). That setting came from one of the Pádraig O'Keeffe manuscripts.
Posted by .I got this tune off the wonderful Ashlar album by Nova Scotia band, Cóig. (https://thesession.org/recordings/6620) They named the set Uncle Leo's, and the tune is listed in the recordings here as that name as well, so I thought I would transcribe it.
Posted by .Mostly commenting so this will show up in recent activity because it’s such a great tune and it should be in more tune books! I love it!
Posted by .The song is in Alexander Campbell’s Albyn’s Anthology vol.2 (1818) with the title, ‘Native Land, Adieu’. He said the song was set to ‘a St Kilda melody’, and in a footnote says he got the tune from the singing of Miss Macleod of Roudle in [the...
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