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The Newmarket polka

Also known as Art O’Keefe’s, Art O’Keefes, Bag Of Beer, Green Cottage #3.

There are 14 recordings of a tune by this name.

A tune by this name has been recorded together with The Gullane (a few times), Ievan’s Polkka (a few times) and The Sliabh Luachra (a few times).

The Newmarket has been added to 1 tune set.

The Newmarket has been added to 94 tunebooks.

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Four settings

X: 1
T: The Newmarket
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:e2c2 | BE A>c | BE AB | cB Bc |
e2c2 | BE A>c | BE AB | cA Ac :|
|:ef/2g/2 a2 | gf f>e | ce fg | fe e2 |
ef/2g/2 a2 | gf f>e | ce fg | a2 a2 :|
X: 2
T: The Newmarket
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|: e2 c2 | BE Ac | BE AB | cB Bc |
e2 c2 | BE Ac | BE AB | cA A2 :|
|: e2 a2 | gf fe | ce fg | fe c2 |
e2 a2 | gf fe | ce fg | a2 a2 :|
X: 3
T: The Newmarket
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: B |de/d/ Bd/B/ | AD G>B | AD GA | BA AB |
d2 Bd/B/ | AD G2 | AD G>A | BG G :|
|: B |de/f/ gg | fe e>d | B/c/d ef | ed dB/c/ |
d2 g/a/g/e/ | fe ed | Bd ef | g2- g :|
X: 4
T: The Newmarket
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:ef/e/ ce/c/ | BE Ac | BE AB | cB B2 |
ef/e/ ce/c/ | BE Ac | BE AB | cA A2 :|
|:ef/g/ a2 | gf f/g/f/e/ | ce fg | fe e2 |
ef/g/ a2 | gf f/g/f/e/ | ce fg | a2- a2 :|

Five comments

Newmarket has to be the most prolific source of polkas. Here’s another one, from the playing of Jackie Daly, another prolific source of polkas.

Art O’Keefe’s?

This is completely different than the Art O’Keefe’s I play… but it’s a good tune, I’ve heard it before.

The Newmarket, X:4

Pretty much an amalgamation of the previous versions with some extra bits and bobs. Learned from a ceilidh band tunebook.

Re: The Newmarket

This is the third polka in the Green Cottage selection played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford:
Track 13 here https://thesession.org/recordings/164

Also can be found here
https://books.google.com/books?id=nWsKmth9vwgC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=third+polka++green+cottage+denis+murphy&source=bl&ots=9HKkY39g62&sig=1YWEs8e6cLHNQDqSA_lw0Yyi0SQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE4arb0evVAhVIsVQKHVFXBZQQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=third%20polka%20%20green%20cottage%20denis%20murphy&f=false

And duplicated here:
https://thesession.org/tunes/16321

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