John Clifford’s polka

Here’s the third and last tune published in the autumn 2002 edition of Treoir, identified as John Egan’s. This one is a polka, but a different tune from the Egan’s polka that’s already in the database.

Some information about the author can be found under this reel, in the comments section:
https://thesession.org/tunes/909

This tune is not the “John Egan’s” that appears in the Moneymusk album. That one is a hornpipe.

X: 1134
T: John Egan’s
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: D Major
|: d>B |
AF A>d | BG B>d | Ad fd | ed B/c/d/B/ |
AF/A/ Ad/A/ | BG Bd/B/ | Ad f>d | ed :|
|: d>B |
Ad f>g | fe e>d | ef ga | ba f/g/a/f/ |
Ad ff/g/ | fe ee/d/ | ef af | ed :|

X:1
T:John Egan’s Polka
T: From “Pleasure of Hope” by Michael Clarkson & Harry Bradley
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:polka
K:Dmaj
|:A2 A B/2c/2|d/2c/2B/2A/2 FD|FA A/2F/2D/2E/2| FE EF/2G/2|
|A2 A B/2c/2|d/2c/2B/2A/2 FD|FA d>e|fe d2:|
|:FA d>e|fe e>d|cA ce|dc BA|
|FA d>e|fe e>d|cA ce|d2 d>G:|

arpadoro, that’s a different tune, and is usually called Roosky Polka. Here’s a G major version: https://thesession.org/tunes/5301

The 1st part is a take on Little Brown Jug https://thesession.org/tunes/1242
The 2nd part is redolent of various Ulster and Munster polkas.

See CREII.109 for a Connacht, Sligo cousin.