I’ve actually known the Brosna Slide for a while, but I did learn it since I started this project, so I figure it counts enough for a week when I’m playing catch-up. One day I paired it with Denis Murphy’s—the slide, not the polka—and liked how it sounded, so here they are together. The Brosna Slide is on a Johnny O’Leary disc in A, and on one of Jackie Daly’s CDs in G. I learned it in G. Playing it in A would mean learning a whole new button, the low G#—so I’ll save that project for later.

Update: The tune I’m calling Denis Murphy’s here is called the Gleanntan Slide on Tony MacMahon’s album Traditional Irish Accordion. And he plays it in F. Go figure.