X: 1
T: Lakes of Sligo (D major)
R: Polka
C: traditional
O: Ireland
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from whistle player Wilfried Rommelaere in 2003
D: 1977: Jimmy Doyle & Dan O'Leary: Traditional Music from the Kingdom of Kerry
D: 1993: Matt Cranitch: The Irish Fiddle Book Demonstration CD
D: 1993: Four Men and a Dog: Shifting Gravel
D: 1994: Jim Taylor: The Bright Sunny South
D: 1997: At the Racket: At the Racket
D: 1998: At the Racket: 9th St. Patrick's Day Celebration Festival
D: 1999: Andrade: Celtic Fiddle
D: 1999: Bittersweet and Briers: Hard Times - Songs of the Civil War
D: 2001: Oxford World Music Archive: Celtic Fiddles of Ireland
D: 2002: Sean Norman Céilí Band: Mighty Set Night
D: 2005: Silver Arm: Links
D: 2006: George Jamison: Celtic Spirit
D: 2007: John Wynne & John McEvoy: Pride of the West
D: 2008: Frankie Gavin with Rick Epping & Tim Edey: Jiggin' the Blues
D: 2008: Levine Andrade, Kieran Barry & Mike Stanley: Celtic Fiddle
D: 2014: Dean Crouch, Mark Mohan & Ryan Molloy: Going for Gold
D: 2015: Chris Droney: The Flowing Tide - Traditional Concertina Music from County Clare
D: 2016: Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington: Fortune Favours the Merry
D: 2017: The Whistler Music: The Polka Collection
D: 2020: Ian Carroll: Just Old Tunes, Vol. 1
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 3
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 7
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 8
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 9
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 12
D: Waltons: Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides
N: Chords: | D  -  | D  -  | Em -  | A  -   |
N:         | D  -  | Bm -  | G  D  | A  D  :|
N:         | D  -  | D  -  | Em -  | Em -   |
N:         | D  A  | Bm -  | G  D  | A  D  :|
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A | FA AB/c/ | d>e dc   | BA B/c/d | e>d   ef     |
N:     FA AB/c/ | de f>e   | dB Af    | ef/e/ d     :|
N: e | fa d>e   | fa ag/f/ | gb e>f   | gb    ba/g/  |
N:     fa ef    | de f>e   | dB Af    | ef/e/ d     :|
N:
N: P: Variations:
N: A | FA       AB/c/    | d>e      dc    | BG B/c/d | e>d      ef     |
N:     FA       AB/c/    | d/c/d/e/ f>e   | dB Af    | ef/e/    d     :|
N: e | fa       d>e      | f/e/f/g/ ag/f/ | gb e>f   | g/f/g/a/ ba/g/  |
N:     f/g/a/f/ e/f/g/e/ | d/c/d/e/ f>e   | dB Af    | ef/e/    d     :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A | "D" FA     AB/c/ | "D"  d>e dc   | "Em" BA     B/c/d | "A"  e>d       ef     |
    "D" FA     AB/c/ | "Bm" de f>e   | "G"  dB "D" Af    | "A"  ef/e/ "D" d     :|
e | "D" fa     d>e   | "D"  fa ag/f/ | "Em" gb     e>f   | "Em" gb        ba/g/  |
    "D" fa "A" ef    | "Bm" de f>e   | "G"  dB "D" Af    | "A"  ef/e/ "D" d     :|
N:
P: Variations:
A | "D" FA           AB/c/    | "D"  d>e      dc    | "Em" BG     B/c/d | "A"  e>d          ef     |
    "D" FA           AB/c/    | "Bm" d/c/d/e/ f>e   | "G"  dB "D" Af    | "A"  ef/e/    "D" d     :|
e | "D" fa           d>e      | "D"  f/e/f/g/ ag/f/ | "Em" gb     e>f   | "Em" g/f/g/a/     ba/g/  |
    "D" f/g/a/f/ "A" e/f/g/e/ | "Bm" d/c/d/e/ f>e   | "G"  dB "D" Af    | "A"  ef/e/    "D" d     :|