Connie Flemming’s polka

"Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra:
Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border"
edited by Terry Moylan
The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994

Pages 84 & 85, tune #145: “Connie Flemming’s”

There’s no 1st and 2nd ending with this transcription. The second ending given above is the last 4 bars of the B-part, first time and on the repeat, or, giving some other possibilities:

|: ga ag/a/ | gf ed | B2 B/c/B/A/ | BE ED |
G>F GA | B/c/d ed | e/f/g af | g2 g2 :|

Here’s the tune simplified ~

X: 2
T: Connie Flemming’s
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
|: G2 G2 | Bd eg | B2 BA | GE ED |
G2 GA | Bd ed | eg af | g2 g2 :|
|: g2 ga | gf ed | B2 BA | GE ED |
G2 GA | Bd ed | eg af | g2 g2 :|

Learned from the playing of Johnny O’Leary…

Edited by Terry Moylan
The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 1994
ISBN: 1-874675-42-2

“Connie Fleming’s Polka” - pages 84 & 85, tune #145

For another transcription…

This is a polka version of a tune that’s often played as a reel. There’s a recording of it here:

https://scullysfest.bandcamp.com/track/the-bog-above-bob-gormans-bog-now-shes-purring

The reel version can be found here:

https://thesession.org/tunes/156

Hi Ceolachan, I’ve removed the link to JOL’s book because 145 is Connie Fleming’s Slide. (The index is in error) I didn’t track down the polka in the book, but it might be lurking.

It turns out there is a printing error in JOL’s book in the 2nd edition - Tune 145 has Tune 146, Mick Duggan’s slide repeated there. The first edition does indeed have Connie Fleming’s polka as 145. I’ll reinstate the link.

Here’s a slightly different version of this polka as played by Emma O’Leary. She learned this tune from Dan Jeremiah O’Connor, an influential fiddle player from Scartaglin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTYvHZoIUs

play video

A transcription of the second tune in the set, also a lovely version of another polka, can be found here: https://thesession.org/tunes/16513#setting43102