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Danny Green’s polka

Also known as Darby’s Cross.

There are 4 recordings of this tune.

Danny Green’s has been added to 2 tune sets.

Danny Green's has been added to 12 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: Danny Green's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:AF AF/A/|BG Bc/B/|AB cd|ed c/d/c/B/|
AF AF/A/|BG Bc/B/|AB cd|ed d2:|
|:fd fg/f/|ec ef/e/|dc Bc|BA FA|
fd fg/f/|ec ef/e/|dc Bc|ed d2:|
2
X: 2
T: Danny Green's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:B/|AF A2|BG B2|A>B B/c/d|ed c>B|
A2 AF/A/|B2 Bc/B/|AA/B/ A/B/c/d/|ed d3/2:|
|:e/|fd f2|ec e2|d>c Bc|BA F/G/A/F/|
f2 fg/f/|e2 ef/e/|d>c A/B/c/d/|ed d3/2:|
3
X: 3
T: Danny Green's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
AF A2|BG B2|BA ce|ed f/e/d/B/|
AF A>A|BG B2|B/A/B/c/ de|ed d>B:|
Ad f2|fe e2|ef ga|ba a/b/a/g/|
ef fg|fe e2|ef gc|ed d>B:|
4
X: 4
T: Danny Green's
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A2 AF/A/|B2 Bc/B/|A>B cd|ed c/d/c/B/|
A2 AF/A/|B2 Bc/B/|A>B cd|ed d2:|
|:f2 fg/f/|e2 ef/e/|d>c Bc|BA F/G/A/d/|
f2 fg/f/|e2 ef/e/|d>c Bc|ed d2:|

Five comments

"Danny Green’s Polka"

From the Cliffords / Murphys of Sliabh Luachra ~

The A-part shares some similarities with:
"John Egan’s" / "The Scartaglen"
# Added by glauber - August 22nd, 2002
https://thesession.org/tunes/916

I did the usual searches, but didn’t find this on site. That doesn’t mean it isn’t. Let me know if you manage to stumble across what I might have missed. 😀

Setting #3: Darby’s Cross

is from the fiddle and flute of Julia and Billy Clifford (1982). While the A part is very much the same as in Danny Green’s, the B part features some differences (most notably going up in bars 11 and 12 instead of down). But (and as it’s from the Cliffords as well) I think it’s reasonable to assume that it’s just another version of the same tune. So I’ve added "Darby’s Cross" as an alternative tune title; I hope that’s okay.

Re: Setting X3 Darby Cross

X3 is setting of John Clifford’s Polka https://thesession.org/tunes/916. There, Darby Cross is an alternative name. It also shows Danny Green as an alternative but I feel these are distinct tunes even if related.