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The Munster Bank polka

Also known as Aontas, Art O’Keefe’s, Dan Sweeney’s, Hayden’s Fancy, John Leary’s, Johnny Leary’s, Murphy’s.

There are 33 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Munster Bank appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Munster Bank has been added to 10 tune sets.

The Munster Bank has been added to 64 tunebooks.

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Twelve settings

1
X: 1
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G>E DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG E2|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG G2:|
|:ed Bd|ed d z|g>e dB|AG E2|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG G2:|
# Added by ACJ .
2
X: 2
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G>E DE|GA Bd|ed BG/B/|AG E2|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed BG/B/|AG G2:|
|:ed Bd|ed d2|g>e dB|AG E2|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed BG/B/|AG G2:|
3
X: 3
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:F/|GG/E/ DE|GA B2|ed BG/B/|AG EF|
G/A/G/E/ DE|GA B^A/B/|ed BG/B/|AG G3/2:|
|:d/|ed B/c/d|ed dB/d/|g>e dB|AG ED|
G>E DE|GA B^A/B/|ed BG/B/|AG G3/2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
AF EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA AF|
AF EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA Az:|
fe ce|fe ce|af ec|BA FA|
AF EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA Az:|
5
X: 5
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GA/G/ DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG EF|
GA/G/ DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|1 AG GF:|2 AG GA||
ed Bd|ed Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG E2|
ed Bd|ed Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG Ge|
ed Bd|ed Bd|gg/e/ dB|AG EF|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed Bd/B/|AG G2||
6
X: 6
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
A>F EF|AB ce|fe cA|BA FE|
A>F EF|AB ce|fe cA|BA A2:|
f>e ce|fe e2|a>f ec|BA FE|
A>F EF|AB ce|fe cA|BA A2:|
7
X: 7
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe ce/c/|BA FA|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe ce/c/|BA A2:|
|:fe ce|fe e2|a>f ec|BA FA|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe ce/c/|BA A2:|
8
X: 8
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe cA/c/|BA F2|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe cA/c/|BA A2:|
|:ef/e/ ce|fe e2|a/b/a/f/ ec|BA F2|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe cA/c/|BA A2:|
9
X: 9
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:A>F EF|AB ce|fe cd/c/|BA FE|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe cd/c/|1 BA A2:|2 BA Af||
|:fe ce|fe ce|a>f ec|BA FE|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe cd/c/|1 BA Af:|2 BA A2||
10
X: 10
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:A>F EF|AB ce|fe c2|B/c/B/A/ F2|
cA/F/ EF|AB ce|fe ce/c/|BA A2:|
|:fe ce|fe e2|a>f ec|BA F2|
A>F EF|AB c/c/e|fe c2|BA A2:|
11
X: 11
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G>E DE|GA Bd|ed B^c/B/|AG E>F|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed B^c/B/|AG G2:|
|:ed Bd|ed Bd|~g>e dB|(3A/B/A/G E>F|
G>E DE|GA Bd|ed Bc/B/|AG G2:|
12
X: 12
T: The Munster Bank
R: polka
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|:A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA F2|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA A2:|
|:fe ce|fe ce|a>f ec|(3B/c/B/A F2|
A/B/A/F/ EF|AB ce|fe c2|BA A2:|

Fourteen comments

Gan Ainm

From Track 4 (Polka, Hop Jig, March) of "6 of One, Five of the Other" by An Tua. This is the polka part.

Munster Bank

Just learned that this is an A major version of the Munster Bank, usually played in G. But of course I didn’t find that until after I went through the trouble of transcribing it and entering it as a new tune…

A Padraig O’Keeffe tune, Paddy Cronin’s first if I remember right

The Munster Bank, X:5

This setting (number 5) is from a banjo workshop with Fidelma O’Brien in Poitze, Germany.

Johnny Leary’s

Dia dhuit. I know this polka as Johnny Leary’s and it doesn’t match the other polkas listed here by that name, nor any of the other tunes listed as Johnny Leary’s or the variant name spellings. I searched through about 15 pages of polkas already on the session in A major and I didn’t find one similar to this. If it turns out to be a duplicate, I’m very sorry for that, but other than that, it’s a great tune.

Re: Johnny Leary’s

May the merger be merry

Murphy’s, X:12

Also from the playing of The Fuchsia Band.

They change keys from Gmaj to Amaj after a few times through the tune in Gmaj.