Dogwalker, The Item Info
- Title:
- Dogwalker, The
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- Cindy Polo, my good friend, phoned me one night and lilted part of this melody to me. I loved the sound of it and suggested to Cindy that it might fit naturally on the fiddle in a minor key. We talked about 'doing something with it', and so we began to collaborate on making a tune. For inspiration, we talked about Cindy's evening ritual of walking her dogs: an evening parade in her neighbourhood of people young and old, big and little, walking and being walked by a vast array of canines. Our musical thoughts and ideas were sung and played to one another over the phone for a few weeks, until we finally decided that our tune didn't sound too bad. In fact, we liked it! We are still unsure, though, as to whether it is a strathspey or a march. Time and distance did not allow Cindy and I to record our tune together, so, for what it's worth, and for your pleasure, here I am playing 'The Dogwalker'.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Connolly, Séamus Polo, Cynthia Keane
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Strathspeys Marches Fiddle tunes Polo, Cynthia Keane
- Playlist:
- Playlist 10
- Collection:
- Strathspeys
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Connolly, Séamus ;Polo, Cynthia Keane, "Dogwalker, The", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/724.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/724.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.