X: 1
T: Salmon Tails Up the Water (G major)
T: Andy Irvine's Polka
T: The Croppies' March
C: traditional
O: Northumberland
R: Polka
N: Northumbrian dance tune, in Ireland played as a Polka
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
N: learned from banjo and fiddle player Uli Schmidt in 1999
D: 1974: Colin Caisley & Forster Charlton: Wild Hills O'wannie - the Small Pipes of Northumbria
D: 1978: Christy Moore: The Iron behind the Velvet (in Song 'Patrick was a Gentleman')
D: 1987: Fergie MacDonald and his Highland Band: Dancing In The Glen
D: 1990: Oysterband: Little Rock to Leipzig
D: 1996: Colin Caisley & Forster Charlton: The Northumbrian Small Pipes
D: 1998: Fred Hanna: Celtic Mystic - Original Irish Tap-Dance (Compilation)
D: 1998: Celtic String Ensemble: Celtic Greenfire
D: 1999: Richard Butler: Spirit of the Border - Northumbrian Traditional Music (Compilation)
D: 2000: Grit Laskin: Unabashedly Folk: Songs and Tunes 1979-1985
D: 2002: Sean Norman Céilí Band: Mighty Set Night
D: 2005: Hugh Morrison: Far From Home
D: 2006: Kathryn Tickell: Strange But True - 25 Years of Friends, Tunes and Memories
D: 2008: Lolly Cross: Celtic Charm
D: 2010: Patsy Touhey (1865-1923): The Francis O'Neill Cylinders - Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music
D: 2010: The Two Tap Trio: A Night at the Fair
D: 2011: Greensleeves: The Bout of Dancing
D: 2012: The High Level Ranters: Northumberland Forever - Traditional Dance & Song from the North East
D: 2017: The Whistler Music: The Polka Collection
D: 2017: Hugh Morrison: Europe Traveler Vol.2 (Compilation)
D: 2018: Dingle Basterds: From Kerry We Did Sail
D: Waltons: Session Tunes Vol. 1
D: Waltons: Polkas & Slides
N: Chords: | G - | G - | G D | C - |
N: | G - | G - | G D | G - :|
N: | G - | C - | G D | G C |
N: | G - | C - | Em D | Em - |
N: | C D | Em - | G D | G C |
N: | G - | G - | G D | G - |]
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/8=145
K: G maj % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N:
N: A | D>E DG | DE G>A | Bd AB/A/ | GE cE |
N: D>E DG | DE G>A | Bd AB/A/ | G2 G :|
N: A | Bd d>B | ce ed/c/ | Bd AB/A/ | GE cE |
N: Bd d>B | ce e>f | g/f/e fd | e2 e>f |
N: g/f/e fd | ed B>A | Bd AB/A/ | GE cE |
N: D>E DG | DE G>A | Bd AB/A/ | G2 G |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N:
A | "G" D>E DG | "G" DE G>A | "G" Bd "D" AB/A/ | "C" GE cE |
"G" D>E DG | "G" DE G>A | "G" Bd "D" AB/A/ | "G" G2 G :|
A | "G" Bd d>B | "C" ce ed/c/ | "G" Bd "D" AB/A/ | "G" GE "C" cE |
"G" Bd d>B | "C" ce e>f | "Em" g/f/e "D" fd | "Em" e2 e>f |
"C" g/f/e "D" fd | "Em" ed B>A | "G" Bd "D" AB/A/ | "G" GE "C" cE |
"G" D>E DG | "G" DE G>A | "G" Bd "D" AB/A/ | "G" G2 G |]