X: 1
T: Salmon Tails Up the Water (G major) / Andy Irvine's Polka / The Croppies' March / The Banks of Inverness / The Siege of Ennis
C: traditional
O: Northumberland
R: Polka
N: Northumbrian dance tune, in Ireland played as a Polka
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from tenor banjo and fiddle player Uli Schmidt in 1999
D: 1957: The Tulla Céilí Band: Echoes of Erin
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: 2005: Fred Hanna Céilí Band: Traditional Irish Sessions (Compilation)
D: 2006: Kathryn Tickell: Strange But True - 25 Years of Friends, Tunes and Memories
D: 2007: Kitty Kelly & The Philadelphia Céilí Band: Live at the Mermaid Inn
D: 2007: Rainer Wenzel: Farandole Viole
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: Liz Donaldson, David Knight & Ralph Gordon: Waverley Station First Stop
D: 2011: Greensleeves: The Bout of Dancing
D: 2012: The High Level Ranters: Northumberland Forever - Traditional Dance & Song from the North East
D: 2013: The Philadelphia Ceili Band: Kelly Time
D: 2014: Cormac O'Sé & Brian O'Sullivan: Feistunes 2
D: 2014: Good Company: Come By the Hills
D: 2015: Breaking Trad: Breaking Trad
D: 2017: Tina Jordan Rees: Féistastic 3
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: 2018: Will Pound: Through the Seasons
D: 2020: The Led Farmers: Trad Sets There Now
D: Waltons: Ireland's Best Session Tunes, Vol. 1
D: Waltons: Ireland's Best Polkas & Slides
N: Chords: | G  -  | G  -  | G  D  | C  -   |
N:         | G  -  | G  -  | G  D  | G  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  G   |]
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/8=140
K: G major % 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" 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" G   |]