X: 1
T: Charlie Harris' Polka (D major)
C: traditional
O: Ireland
N: this is a Polka version of Charlie Harris' Reel / John Blessing's Reel
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from Kevin Burke's album
D: 1983: De Danann: Song for Ireland (Reel version)
D: 1984: Jackie Daly, Seamus McGuire & Manus McGuire: Buttons & Bows (Reel version)
D: 1992: Stockton's Wing: The Crooked Rose (Reel version, named 'Blessing's')
D: 1994: Kevin Burke: Up Close
D: 1998: McNamara Family: Leitrim's Hidden Treasure (Reel version)
D: 2000: The Mulcahy Family: The Mulcahy Family (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2005: Bríd Cranitch & Shiela Garry: Irish Session Tunes - The Blue Book & CD (Reel version)
D: 2007: Henri's Notions: Trip to the Cottage
D: 2007: Martin Meechan & Paul Meechan: Armagh Pipers Club - 40th Anniversary Album (Reel version)
D: 2008: Comhaltas: Foinn Seisiún, Vol. 3 (Reel version)
D: 2009: Michael McNamara, Declan McNamara & Kevin Crawford: The Leitrim Equation (Reel version, named 'O'Connell's')
D: 2010: Dave Sheridan: Drivin' Leitrim Timber (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2011: Triogue Céilí Band: Comhaltas Live 362-6 (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2013: Tommy Guihen, John Carty, Séamus Begley & Dónal Lunny: Leitrim Equation, Vol. 3 (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2013: Enda Seery: Síocháin Na Tuaithe - Peace of the Countryside (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2014: Kirsten Allstaff: Gallowglass (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2015: Antóin Mac Gabhann & Charlie Lennon: Tunesmith (Reel version, named 'O'Connell's')
D: 2016: Laura MacKenzie: Pipers' Gathering 2015 Concert Series, Vol. 2 (Reel version)
D: 2016: Aidan Connolly: Be Off (Reel version, named 'John Blessing's')
D: 2017: The Whistler Music: The Polka Collection
D: 2020: Aoife Blake: The Green Hills
D: 2020-2024: Matt & Shannon Heaton: Virtual Guided Sessions (Reel version)
D: 2018: Brendan Mulholland, Conor Lamb & Deirdre Galway: Music in the Glen (Reel version)
D: 2019: Lucie Périer & Orwin Hébert: Apples in Winter
D: 2021: The Curfew: Trad Garage
D: 2023: Fiachra O’Regan: Na Beanna Beola (Reel version)
N: Chords: | D  -  | A  D  | D  -  | A  -   |
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  A  | D  D  :|
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  -  | A  -   |
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  A  | D  D   |
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  -  | A  -   |
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | D  A  | D  D   |]
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=140
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: B | AF DF       | EF DF  | AF AB | e2    d>B |
N:     AF DF       | EF DF  | AF AB | d2    d  :|
N: A | d2 fd       | ef dB  | AF AB | ef/e/ dB  |
N:     d2 fd       | ef dB  | AF AB | d2    d>A |
N:     d2 fd       | ef dB  | AF AB | ef/e/ dB  |
N:     df f/e/f/g/ | af f>g | af ef | d2    d   |]
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
B | "D" AF DF       | "A" EF "D" DF  | "D" AF     AB | "A" e2      d>B |
    "D" AF DF       | "A" EF "D" DF  | "D" AF "A" AB | "D" d2  "D" d  :|
A | "D" d2 fd       | "A" ef "D" dB  | "D" AF     AB | "A" ef/e/   dB  |
    "D" d2 fd       | "A" ef "D" dB  | "D" AF "A" AB | "D" d2  "D" d>A |
    "D" d2 fd       | "A" ef "D" dB  | "D" AF     AB | "A" ef/e/   dB  |
    "D" df f/e/f/g/ | "D" af     f>g | "A" af "A" ef | "D" d2  "D" d   |]