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Thread #29396   Message #371492
Posted By: Alice
09-Jan-01 - 12:20 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Captain Keane / O Cane / O'Kane (Carolan
Subject: Captain Keane (Carolan tune)
I first heard this slow air from a mandolin player at our local session. He learned it by ear from a recording of various artists - didn't even know who played on the recording - but I was able to track down the notation on Richard Robinson's website. click here

In the B part of the tune, there is a b natural instead of a b flat in the notation at R.R.'s site. That isn't the way the mandolin player plays it, and I am trying to track down more sources of the tune. For those who are familiar with the air Captain Keane, also called The Wounded Hussar, please let me know what the oldest sources of the tune use - the b flat or natural.

Thanks.
Alice