Egan’s Polka ✧
A short, bright polka with repeated shapes and a satisfying D-major finish.
Sheet music
Tap a staff note or finger tab to hear it.
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A · second time
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D whistle · D major · 2/4 · 120 BPM · + upper octave
A · first time
A · second time
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About this tune
Egan’s Polka is also widely known as The Kerry Polka. It is a compact two-part dance tune with a recurring opening pattern.
The melody moves between a grounded lower phrase and a brighter upper response. Its clear pulse and short repeated ideas are characteristic of the polka’s lively movement.
Performances
Watch musicians play this tune on tin whistle. Keys and arrangements may differ from the tabs above.
Egan’s Polka on tin whistle
Fossa
Tin whistle with hammered dulcimer accompaniment by Tatyana Vasilyeva.
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