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This is one of my favorite tunes (and this from a guy who gnashes his teeth at most polkas!), learned off a Cherish the Ladies cd—great version there. They start out slow, as an air more or less, then crank it up and adding some brilliant 1/16 runs.
I usually play the 2nd and 6th measures of the B part as:
|fe f/a/f/e|
“O’Keefe’s / The Cobbler’s Polka” ~ moved back from the ‘future’
The following three settings are from a duplication of this tune and other offerings in the comments for it:
"The Cobbler Polka"
Submitted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings.
https://thesession.org/tunes/5849
K: b minor
|: B>c |
dB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e>c |
dB bB | de f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
|: B2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e2 |
f2 ba | fe f>e | de f/e/d | B2 :|
K: e minor
|: E>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A>F |
GE BE | GA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
|: E2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GE BE | F/E/D/F/ A2 |
B2 ed | BA B>A | GA B/A/G | E2 :|
# Posted on June 10th 2006 by new-strings
K: b minor
|: fB bB | de f>e | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
fB bB | de f2 | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
|:ff/f/ ba | fe fe | dB bB | c/B/A/c/ e/g/f/e/ |
|ff/f/ ba | fe fe | ff f/e/d | B2 B2 :|
# Posted on June 25th 2006 by Clifardo Albrechto
O’Keeffe’s Polka/The Cobbler/High Point Polka
On their ‘Barefoot On the Alter’ album, Chulrua play this in Am and call it "High Point Polka":
X: 2
T: High Point Polka
S: Chulrua, Barefoot On the Alter
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Bmin
cA aA | cd e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ de/d/ |
cA aA | cd e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
a2 ge | dc e>d | cA aA | B/A/G/B/ d2 |
a2 ge | dc e>d | cd e/d/c/B/ | A2 A2 :|
O’Keeffe’s Polka/The Cobbler/High Point Polka
The tune immediately above should say K: Am.
I learned this polka, in Bm, a few years back from flute player Nuala Kennedy; she called it "Josephine Marsh’s" for want of a name. It can also be heard in its A minor form on Denis Doody’s album ‘Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music’ (1978) as "Din Tarrant’s".
O’Keefe’s, X:4
From Julia and Billy Clifford’s "Ceol As Sliabh Luachra," called "The Cobbler."
Re: The Cobbler’s
recorded by De Dannan on their ‘Mist Covered Mountain’ album, 1980, under the title - O’Keefe’s
The Cobbler’s, X:5
Different setting transcribed from Julia Clifford’s playing on http://www.juliaclifford.eu
The Cobbler’s, X:6
From the playing of Molly’s Revenge.