Six comments
Orange
Transcribed from The Kilbride Brother’s eponymous cd.
On the Tim Collins 2004 "Dancing On Silver" recording as "Tom Billy’s."
Orange: alias sonny reardon’s polka
This tune is also known as Sonny Reardon’s, and I’ll post the ABC’s as ‘Patrick Street’ plays it. There is not SO much in difference, but………
X:1
T:Sonny Reardon’s
M:2/2
R:Polka
K:A
cB/c/ dc/d/|ea dc/d/|ea a/f/e/d/|cA B2|
cB/c/ dc/d/|ea dc/d/|ea a/f/e/d/|cA A2:|
aa fe/f/|ae dc/d/|ea a/f/e/d/|cA B2|
aa fe/f/|ae dc/d/|ea a/f/e/d/|cA A2:|
X: 3 “The Blue Ribbon Polkas No. 1”
S: “Jimmy Doyle & Dan O’Leary: Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry”
https://thesession.org/recordings/1247 ~ track 1, the 1st polka of two
Q: 126 bpm (1 beat = one crotchet/quarter note)
I have also learned this one direct as well from other living sources and situations where the average tempos varied from 120 to 136 bpm (& higher 😛) ~ 1 beat = one crotchet/quarter note…
X: 4 “Sonny Rearden’s”
"Patrick Street: Made in Cork", 1997, track 5, slow polkas, the 3rd of three
https://thesession.org/recordings/644