Banks of Newfoundland

A double jig in G, carried in the East Galway flute tradition and preserved on the early Irish-American 78s of the 1920s. The Galway-born melodeon player P.J. (Peter) Conlon, who recorded in New York between 1917 and 1929, cut a version, and the tune became closely tied to the Ballinakill flute family of the Moloneys — Eddie Moloney recorded it on "Master Musician", and it passed down to his son Seán. The title is shared with several unrelated tunes, including a Newfoundland patriotic march and a separate Canadian jig, so the name says nothing certain about where this one began.