Vankarin Polska (Shotgun Polska)*


Key: A

Form:  Polska**

ABC:

X: 1
T: Vankarin Polska
R: three-two
M: 3/2
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
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a4 e2 d2 cd e2|=g3 e f2 d2 B2 ed|c2 A2 f2 ed e2 c2|B2 AG A8:|
|:F2 A2 A2 e2 d2 c2|B3 c BAGF G2 E2|F2 A2 A2 e2 d2 c2|B2 A2 G2 F2 E4|
F2 A2 A2 e2 d2 c2|B2 e2 f2 ef g2 fg|a4 f2 ed e2 c2|1 B2 AG A4 A2 G2:|2 B2 AG A8||

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Source: Andy May

Other Tunes in Set:

Region: England**

*Notes:”The name of this tune is Vankarin Polska, which translates to Shotgun Polska, “shotgun” meaning the passenger front seat of a car.” –Contributed by Baron Collins-Hill. Thanks.

**”A Finnish polska, written by Andy May, a Northumbrian Piper from Gateshead. Apparently he tried to write a traditional Northumbrian three-two, and came up with this, only to be told, by the Finns he plays in a band with (Baltic Crossing), that in fact he’d written a Finnish Polska, not a Northumbrian three-two. Then they gave it a Finnish name.”  –From a post on TheSession.org.