Ballydesmond Polka No. 2

This polka comes from the playing of Sliabh Luachra fiddler Tom Billy Murphy, and some players call it "Tom Billy's Polka." It usually follows No. 1 in the Ballydesmond set, though the Traditional Tune Archive counts it as the third.

Accordion player Johnny O'Leary played the set at a recital for Na Píobairí Uilleann in Dublin in 1981, and Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford recorded it in 1973. Its first notes are a turn around C and B, which players decorate in many ways.