X: 1
T: Pretty Girls of Ardara (D major) / Ardara Girls / Ardara Lasses / Girls of Ardara / Caílíní Ard A' Ratha
C: traditional
R: Highland
O: Ireland, Co. Donegal
N: this is a variation of the Scottish 'Clarke's Strathspey', both variations of the A-part are common in both worlds, B-part is different
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from flute and guitar player Michae Grona in 2024
D: 1997: Vincent Campbell: Fiddle Music of Donegal, Vol. 2 (named 'Caílíní Ard A' Ratha')
D: 2009: Vincent Campbell: The Purple Heather (named 'Caílíní Ard A' Ratha')
D: 2012: Altan: Poison Glen - Gleann Nimhe (named 'Ardara Girls')
D: 2015: Tara Connaghan & Peter Campbell for Gypsy Wagon TV (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNuT8aUiz8U, named 'The Pretty Girls of Ardara' or 'Cailíní Ard A’ Ratha)')
D: 2019: Will Woodson, Caitlin Finley & Chris Stevens: The Glory Reel (named 'Girls of Ardara')
D: 2019: David Munnelly & Ies Muller: Detached (named 'The Ardara Lassies')"
N: Chords: | D  -  | G  -  | D  -  | A  D  |
N:         | D  -  | G  -  | D  -  | A  D  |]
N:         | D  -  | A  -  | D  -  | A  D  |
N:         | D  -  | A  -  | D  -  | A  D  |]
N:         Variation of the first part:
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  -  | D  -  |
N:         | D  -  | A  D  | D  -  | D  -  |]
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
M: 4/4
K: D major % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: A/B/c | dedB AFDF | GB~B2 GABc | dedB AFDF | EDEF D2       :|
N: A/B/c | defg afdf | ed ef edBc | defg afdf | edef d2 A/B/c  |
N:         defg afdf | ed ef edBc | dedB AFDF | EDEF D2        |]
N:
N: P: Variation of the first part:
N: c     | d2dB AFFA | GEEG FDD2 | dcdB AFF2 | faeg fdd :|
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
N: =================
A/B/c | "D" dedB AFDF | "G" GB~B2 GABc | "D" dedB AFDF | "A" EDEF "D" D2       :|
A/B/c | "D" defg afdf | "A" ed ef edBc | "D" defg afdf | "A" edef "D" d2 A/B/c  |
        "D" defg afdf | "A" ed ef edBc | "D" dedB AFDF | "A" EDEF "D" D2        |]
N:
P: Variation of the first part:
c     | "D" d2dB AFFA | "A" GEEG "D" FDD2 | "D" dcdB AFF2 | "D" faeg fdd :|