Polka, G, Traditional Irish
Recordings
- Video – Peakfiddler: The Rakes of Mallow – Fiddle tune for a Barndance or Ceilidh
- Audio – Baron Collins Hill: The Rakes Of Mallow (Fast): Mandolin & Guitar – play along track for mandolin lesson at MandoLessons.
Dots (Music Notation)
As always for traditional tunes, the musical notation and chords do not indicate the “right” way to play the tune, but are a useful reference.
Play from the Dots
Sets
Examples of sets that include this tune.
- Rakes & Rigger Polka Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Rakes of Mallow / Ger the Rigger
- Bag of Spuds / The Rakes of Mallow
- Britches Full of Stitches / Harvest Home / Rakes of Mallow
References and Resources
For those who want to dig deeper, here are some other resources.
- Lesson – MandoLessons (Baron Collins Hill): The Rakes Of Mallow – tune taught phrase-by-phrase on mandolin. Lesson includes video, sheet music, and play-along tracks.
- Lesson – Online Academy of Irish Music: The Rakes of Mallow – taught on flute. (Requires subscription to OAIM.)a
- Webpage – The Session: The Rakes of Mallow (Polka) – crowdsourced sheet music, comments and more