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Album Details for Turning the Tune by Charlie Lennon

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Artist NameCharlie Lennon
Album TitleTurning the Tune
MusiciansCharlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards), with Brian McGrath (piano, banjo), Frank Kilkelly (guitar), Éilís Lennon (fiddle), Brian Lennon (flute), Johnny Óg Connolly (accordion), Johnny Connolly (accordion), Steve Simmons (guitar), Emmet Gill (pipes).
Source and
other information		Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 166, 2007. Recorded in Spiddal, Co. Galway. Notes by David and Charlie Lennon. Not indexed here: track 4 on disc 2 (Waltz Joe-Anne), track 9 on disc 2 (Taken by the Fairies).

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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)
1.11 Tune Info
613		 Reel Farrell O'Gara / Farrell O'Gara's / Farrell O Gara's / Farrell O' Gara / Farrell Ó Gara / Farral O'Gara / Farrel O'Gara / Faral O'Gara / Fearaíl Ó Gára / Fearghal Ó Gadhra / Fearghal O' Gadhra / Fearghal O'Gara / Fergal O'Gara / Feargal O'Gara / Farral Gara / Farrell Gara / The Falcarragh Reel / Turas go Trá Lí / The Trip to Tralee / Mist on the Mountain
1.21 Tune Info
1823		 Hpipe Stack of Barley, The / Stack of Barley / The Little Stack of Barley / An Staicín Eorna / An Staicín Eornan / The Stacks of Barley / Little Mary Cassidy / Evening Was Waning / Patrick Condon's Vision (1st in set Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2; 2nd in set Hooley with the Herd on TWnch) (also in D, also in C, also as barndance, also as song Kerry Long Ago) (compare The Stack #5055)
2 Tune Info
4488		 Hpipe Bantry Bay / Bá Bheanntraí / The Bantry Bay Hornpipe / The Union Hornpipe / Little Stack of Wheat (2nd in Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2) (also in A)
3 Tune Info
1825		 Hpipe Stack of Wheat, The / Stack of Wheat / Stack o' Wheat / The Little Stack of Wheat / An Staicín Cruithneachta (3rd in set Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2, where 2nd part is furthermore used as an intro) (also in A)
1.31 Tune Info
708		 JigD Geese in the Bog, The / The Geese in the Bogs / Na Géabha sa bPortach / Géanna sa Phortach / Old Geese in the Bog / The Lark's March / The Mountain Lark / The Lark in the Morning / Jackson's Coola / Jackson's Walk to Limerick / Jackson's Trip to Limerick / The Humours of Limerick / Tom Broderick's Jig / The Green Meadow / Tuhy's Frolic / The Pipers Frolic / Wiseman's Favourite / Twice Tricked / Bob Thompson's Favourite / The Coravat Jig (also with a 6th part, also only as 1st 2 parts in either order) (compare Up Sligo #3922, Saddle the Pony in Levey and The Housemaid in Joyce)
1.41 Tune Info
554		 Reel Dublin Reel, The / Ríl Bhaile Átha Cliath / Jackson's Reel / The Shuffle Reel / The Cock's Tail Reel / [mislabeled on SK 1 as:] The Ballynacally Reel (also in C; 2-part setting on Beg 2 is close to setting in G Major #3348)
1.51 Tune Info
1561		 BDnce Peach Blossoms, The / Peach Blossoms / Bláth na Péitseoige / Donegal Barn Dance
1.61 Tune Info
1662		 Reel Reel of Bogie, The / Real o' Bogee / The Reel of Body / The Long Chase / The Tramps / The Tramp's / The Stile of Ballylanders / Style of Ballylanders / Maun's Fancy / The Cuffstreet Lasses (compare 1st part with 1st part of Burnt Cabbage #3679; compare 2nd part with 1st part of Boogie Reel #2862)
2 Tune Info
1649		 Reel Ravelled Hank of Yarn, The / Ravelled Hank of Yarn / The Raveled Hank of Yarn / An Ceirtlín Snáithe in Aimhréidh / Tangled Hank of Yarn / Íorna ar Aimhréidhe / The Peeler's Jacket / Ríl Mhichíl Uí Cheithearnaigh / Michael Carney's Reel / Michael Carney's / Carney's/ Gilbert Clancy's / Fulham Broadway (1st in set The Sister Reels on JnKlly) (also 2nd part or both parts doubled)
1.71 Tune Info
1140		 Hpipe Liverpool Hornpipe, The / Cornphíopa Learphoill / The Liverpool / An Learpholl / Liverpool / London Hornpipe / The Grove Hornpipe (also singled, also with 3 parts, also in G)
2 Tune Info
1611		 Hpipe Pretty Maggie Morrissey / Pretty Maggie Morrissy / O'Neill's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Uí Néill / O'Neill's / Wexford / Wexford Hornpipe / The Wexford Hornpipe / Ciumhais na Móna (as Name unknown on OMT) (also in A)
1.81 Tune Info
1972		 JigD A Trip to the Cottage / Trip to the Cottage / Cuairt ar an Teachín / The Trip to the Cottage / Turas 'un Tí / The Self (6th in set Light Jigs on TC, as slide on Ev, unusual 1st part on JKm)
2 Tune Info
1553		 JigD Pathway to the Well, The / Pathway to the Well / Cosán go dtí an Tobar / James O'Beirne's / Master Crowley's Favourite / Cherish the Ladies (1st in set Master Crowley's Favorites on HG) (compare single jig Pat Ward's #1552; compare 1st part with 1st part of James O'Byrne's #4960)
1.91 Tune Info
2077		 Reel Wind that Shakes the Barley, The / Wind that Shakes the Barley / An Ghaoth a Bhogann an Eorna / An Gaoth A Chroitheanna An Eorna / An Ghaoth a Chroitheann an Eorna / An Ghaoth a Bhogann / I Sat within the Valley Green / I Sat In The Valley Green / The Kerry Lasses / Rolling Down the Hill (also in G) (also as songs The Donavons; If I Were A Young Maid)
1.101 Tune Info
55		 Hpipe Alexander's / Alexander's Hornpipe / Alexander's Favourite / Cornphíopa Alasdair / Byrne's Hornpipe / Byrnes / Kelly's Hornpipe / The Jolly Butchers / Ballymanus Fair / The Sandlark Hornpipe / The Sandlark
2 Tune Info
429		 Hpipe Cuckoo's Nest, The / Cuckoo's Nest / The Cuckoo's Nest 2nd Setting / Cuckoo's Nest No. 1 / Jacky Tar / The Mower / An Spealadóir / The Scythesman / The Man that Cuts the Hay with the Scythe / Come Ashore Jolly Tar and Your Trousers On / The Showman's Fancy / Rogha Fhear an tSéo / City Life - a Clog / Violetta (also with 2nd and 3rd parts reversed) (compare #430, compare the 2-part versions #431 and #1256, and compare as song #428)
1.111 Tune Info
557		 Reel Duke of Leinster, The / Diúc Laighean / The Leinster Reel / The Dandy Reel (3rd in set No. 6 the Coombe on Ch 7) (also singled; also in F; 1st part varies widely)
2 Tune Info
3941		 Reel Master's Return, The / Filleadh an Mháistir / The Floating Bottle / The Rising Sun
1.121 Tune Info
164		 SetD Blackbird, The / An Lon Dubh / An Londubh (3rd in set The Blackbird on JnKlly) (compare as hornpipe #2274, as air #165, song, and reel #162) (composed by Kiely aka Keily (set dance version only))
1.131 Tune Info
1263		 Reel Col. Rogers / Colonel Rogers / Colonel Roger's Favourite / Colonel Rodgers / Colonel Rodger's / Colonel Rodger's Favourite / Colonel Rodgers Favourite / Col. Rodger's Favourite / Cnl.Rodgers Favorite / Rogha an Choirnéil Rogers / Coirnéal Mhac Ruaidhrí / McKenna's No. 1 Reel / John McKenna's / Seán McKenna's / Sean McKenna's No 1 / The Happy Days of Youth / The Joys of Youth (1st in set McKenna's on WC 3; 1st in set McKenna's Reels on MMlvy and on MaRaf)
2 Tune Info
1746		 Reel Happy Days of Youth, The / The Happy Days of Yore / The Happy Bloom of Youth / Laethanta Sona na hÓige / Sean McKenna's No 2 / McKenna's No. 2 (2nd in set McKenna's on WC 3; 2nd in set McKenna's Reels on MMlvy and on MaRaf)
1.141 Tune Info
677		 JigD Frieze Breeches, The / The Frieze Britches / Frieze Breetches / Brístí Bréide / The Friar's Breeches / I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her / I Buried My Wife / On St. Patrick's Day I Was Gay / On St Patrick's Day I was Gay / Gallagher's / Gallagher's Jig / The Trumlo / Cunla (2nd in set Cúnla on Plx 4) (wide range of settings) (compare 2-part setting I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her #3436)
1.151 Tune Info
1876		 Reel Tap Room, The / In the Tap Room / The Taproom / An Seomra Leanna / The Tap House / The Youngest Daughter / The Hard Road to Travel / The Ranting Widow / Baintreach na Radaireacht / Captain Murray's Reel / Captain Murray's / Sweet Molly / Polly's Reel / Polly's / The Blossom of the New Tree / The Lady's Top Dress / The Ladies Top Dress / Hopetoun House / Lord Edward / Fitzgerald's / Fitzgerald's Reel / Granshaw Glens / Roll Out the Barrel / The Rakes of Abbey / Miss Fargherson's New Reel / Miss Fargerson's New Reel / The Scotch Bonnet / Scotch Maggie / A Short Way to Heaven / Cock Your Pistol, Charlie / The Mountain Lark (1st in The Taproom Set on CLnn 2) (also in a somewhat different setting included here which is always singled) (compare single jig Cock Your Pistol, Charlie #3024; compare 1st part with 1st part of Mountain Lark #2529)
2 Tune Info
1356		 Reel Moving Bog, The / An Criathrach ag Creathadh / The Moving Bogs / The Moving Bogs of Powelsboro / Miss Wallace / The Upper Room / An Seomra in Uachtar / The Bog Ranger's Wife (2nd in The Taproom Set on CLnn 2) (also doubled, also 1st part Mixolydian)
3 Tune Info
1581		 Reel Pigeon on the Gate, The / Pigeon on the Gate / Pidgeon on the Gate / A Pigeon on the Gate / An Colúr ar an nGeata / Pigeon on the Pier / The Pigeon on the Pier / Lagan Slashers / The Lagan Slashers / League and Slasher / The Athol Braes / The Scotch Braes / Reidy's Reel / The Drinking Reel / The Drunken Tailor / The Wandering Tinker / Gallagher's Best / The Swallowtail (2nd in set The Chattering Magpie on Ch 6; 3rd in The Taproom Set on CLnn 2) (also in A or G or G Minor; quite a bit of variation in the 2nd part) (compare The Drunken Landlady #549 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Drunken Tailor #551)
2.11 Tune Info
4893		 JigD Happy Couple, The / An Lánúin Shona (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4894		 JigD Nancy's Party / Cóisir Nancy (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.21 Tune Info
4895		 Reel Give Her Hay / Tabhair Féar Di (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4896		 Reel Give Her Holly / Tabhair Cuileann Di (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.31 Tune Info
4897		 Reel Wishbone Reel, The / An Cnáimhín Súgach (also in G) (compare Thomaisin O Dea's Reel id:#2333:) (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.51 Tune Info
4898		 Reel Sound Man, Éamonn / Togha Fir, a Éamoinn (also as air) (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.61 Tune Info
4899		 Reel Quiet Man, The / An Fear Ciúin (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.71 Tune Info
4900		 Strath Lett's Strathspey / Sraithspé Lett (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.81 Tune Info
4901		 Reel Paul the Publisher / Pól Foilsitheoir (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.101 Tune Info
4902		 Hpipe Salthill Hornpipe, The / Cornphíopa Bhóthar na Trá (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.111 Tune Info
4903		 Reel Vincent Harrison's / Ríl Vincent Harrison (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4904		 Reel David's Dream / Aisling Dháithí (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.121 Tune Info
4905		 JigD Fair One, The / An Ceann Slachtmhar (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4906		 JigD Pay the Piper / Íoc an Píobaire (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.131 Tune Info
4907		 Hpipe Séamus Walshe's / Cornphíopa Shéamuis Bhreathnaigh (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.141 Tune Info
4908		 Reel Sailing through Loughrea / Ag Seoladh trí Bhaile Locha Riach (in C Mixolydian on viola on CLnn 2) (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4909		 Reel Mountain Dew, The / Drúcht an tSléibhe (in C Major on viola on CLnn 2) (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2.151 Tune Info
4910		 JigD Jig for Johnny / Port do Johnny (composed by Charlie Lennon)
2 Tune Info
4911		 JigD Finn from Fairymount / Finn as Mullach na Sí (composed by Charlie Lennon)
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