Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The First Month of Summer by Buttons and Bows

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Artist NameButtons and Bows
Album TitleThe First Month of Summer
MusiciansSéamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina, whistle), with Garry O'Briain (mandocello, guitar, piano) and Charlie Lennon (piano).
Source and
other information		Green Linnet GLCD 1079, 1987. Recorded Jan. 1987 in Dublin.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
1259		 JigD McGurk's / John D. McGurk's (composed by Jackie Daly)
2 Tune Info
2160		 Reel John D. McGurk's (composed by Jackie Daly)
1(2:28)3 Tune Info
2161		 Reel Blacksmith's Reel, The / The Blacksmiths / The Blacksmith's Daughter / Ríl an Ghabha (also in D) (barely different from Green Garters #2171 and compare especially 1st parts with Kitty the Hare #3916)
21 Tune Info
2164		 Waltz Īles de la Madeleine
31 Tune Info
633		 Reel First Month of Summer, The (also in G) (compare The First Month of Spring #2165)
2 Tune Info
2166		 Reel Andy McGann's
3 Tune Info
1247		 Reel Cathal McConnell's / McConnell's Reel
41 Tune Info
2168		 Piece Fitzmaurice's Polka (composed by John Kimmel?)
51 Tune Info
2169		 Piece Sir Sidney Smith
61 Tune Info
1291		 Reel Miller of Drohan, The / The Miller of Draughin / The Miller of Drawen / The Humours of Kinvara (mislabeled on BBow 2 as The Man from Bundoran; 2nd in set De Dannan's on JCt 5) (also in F#, also singled, also with parts reversed)
2 Tune Info
1205		 Reel Man from Bundoran, The / Paddy Kelly's (mislabeled on BBow 2 as The Humours of Kinvara) (also in D)
3 Tune Info
2171		 Reel Green Garters, The / Green Garters / Bearr an Veilbhit / The Blacksmith's Daughter (also with a 3rd part) (barely different from Blacksmith's Reel #2161)
71 Tune Info
893		 Piece Inisheer / Inish Iar [Inishere / Inis Oírr ] (also as waltz) (composed by Thomas Walsh)
81 Tune Info
785		 Hpipe Gypsy Hornpipe, The / Dan Sullivan's Favorite / Dan Sullivan's Favourite / Rogha Dan Sullivan (also with 2nd part singled)
2 Tune Info
1245		 Hpipe McCarthy's / McCarty's Hornpipe / Roxburgh Castle / Roxborough Castle / Blanchard's Hornpipe / Blanchards Hornpipe (also in G)
91 Tune Info
2172		 Waltz Margaret's Waltz (also in A) (composed by Patrick Shuldham-Shaw)
101 Tune Info
2173		 JigD Paddy in London / The Four Courts (2nd in set Abbeyfeale Set on Drv 5) (also without 2nd part)
2 Tune Info
1013		 JigD Katie's Fancy
111 Tune Info
2675		 Waltz Joyous Waltz, The / La Valse Joyeuse (composed by Willy Ringuette)
121 Tune Info
1588		 Reel Piper's Despair, The / Crá Croí an Phíobaire / Cra Croi an Phíobaire / Éadóchas an Phíobaire / Curly Mike (also in D)
2 Tune Info
606		 Reel Farewell to Erin / Farewell to Ireland / Slán le hÉirinn / The Maid in the Cherry Tree / Maid in the Cherry Tree/ Maid in a Cherry Tree / The Flying Column / Austin Tierney's / Austin Tierneys (1st in set The Savoy on KCB 6) (also with parts reversed, also in E) (compare The London Lasses #1147)
3 Tune Info
1293		 Reel Milliner's Daughter, The / The Millner's Daughter / Iníon Bhean na Hataí / The Gardener's Daughter / Up Stairs in a Tent / Up the Stairs in a Tent (3rd in set Ballinakill Reels on GCJR; 3rd in set Drag Her Round the Road on Drv 4) (also singled, also in D or F)
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