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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/ :|
|: 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/ :|
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 f-g|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.

X:4 "Danny Green’s"

Just a slight variation on X: 1…

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.