The Cobbler’s polka

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|

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

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 :|

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".

From Julia and Billy Clifford’s "Ceol As Sliabh Luachra," called "The Cobbler."

recorded by De Dannan on their ‘Mist Covered Mountain’ album, 1980, under the title - O’Keefe’s