George Large's Polka

X:29
T:George Large's Polka
% NFF Book 2015
S:from the playing of Orley Benson, Mudgee, NSW, Australia
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
Z:transcribed & arranged by Greg O'Leary
H:Orley Benson was George's nephew. George hailed from Cook's Gap N.S.W,
N:Key altered to D and the tune modified to standard polka form.
N:It is a good variant of the Jenny Lind Polka
N: Other versions of this tune were collected in Australia from:
N:- Bert Jamieson, Adaminaby, NSW, as "Bert Jamieson's Polka No 2"
N:- the Brown Boys, Cape Barron Island, Tasmania, as "King Pippin Polka"
N:- Joe Yates, Sofala, NSW, as "Jenny Lind"
N:- Harry Schaefer, Forbes, NSW, as "Jenny Lind's Polka
B:J Meredith, R Covell, & P Brown, Folk Songs of Australia Vol 2, UNSW Press, 1987, p45, ISBN 0 86840 018 1
R:Polka
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:Dmaj
|"D"F2AF "G"G2B2|"D"A2f2- fefA|"Em"B2e2- efeB|1"D"A2d2 dAd2:|2"D"A2d2 d2Bc||
|:"G"d2B2- BdcB|"D"A2F2 F2A2|1"G"G2E2- EDEG|"D"F2D2 D2(3ABc:|2"G"G2E2- EABc|"D"d2f2 d4||

George Large's Polka - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Greg O'Leary | John Meredith Collection | Orley Benson |