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Kerry Polka

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:39 pm
by Peterpeter
Hello,

I got a question to the tune "Kerry Polka" which is on the Just look them straigt in the eye collection (and at the end of South Australia). In my Tenor Banjo book I found a tune with the title "Kerry Polka" but it sounds totally different to the version the Pogues play. I looked it up at Youtube and only found versions, which are like the one in my book. E.g. this one:

http://youtu.be/7_UTQguWz4I?t=58s

So I was wondering, if the title of the Pogues tune is wrong?
Can someone tell me the actual name of the tune?

Re: Kerry Polka

PostPosted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:05 pm
by Low D
There has been some discussion on this issue previously here. Lessee...

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13118&p=197032&hilit=kerry+polka#p197032

<edit> and oh look, that conversation links to another, which goes more in depth:
http://www.pogues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=40