Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Chieftains by The Chieftains

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Artist NameThe Chieftains
Album TitleThe Chieftains
MusiciansPaddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán).
Source and
other information
Claddagh/Atlantic 83324-2, 2000. Reissue of Claddagh, 1964. Ó hAllmhuráin dates it to 1963, however (Pocket History, p. 131). Recorded in Ireland.

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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
2449
Air 'Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha / Sé Fáth Mo Bhuartha / 'S é Fáth Mo Bhuartha / Shé Fáth mo Bhuadhartha / Sé Fáth mo Bhusrtha / It Is the Cause of My Sorrows / Tis the Cause of My Sorrow / The Cause of My Sorrow (also as song, included here)
2 Tune Info
1092
JigD Lark on the Strand, The / The Lark in the Strand / An Fhuiseog ar an Trá / Paddy the Post / Paddy Hughes' Jig (1st in set Lark on the Strand on Drv 5; 1st in set The Connemara Jigs on LitN) (also in D or E, also singled) (compare The Stolen Purse #1836)
3 Tune Info
1374
Air Munster Cloak, The / An Fhallaingín Mhuimhneach / An Falaingin Muimhneach / The Spanish Cloak (also as waltz, also in D) (compare as song #3434)
4 Tune Info
1967
Reel Trim the Velvet / Geehan's Reel / The Grazier / The Green Garters / The Humours of Flip / Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel / The Maid behind the Bar / The Railroad / Sally Kelly / The Potlick (also in D or C) (compare Potlick #3426 and quite distantly Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel #1050)
21 Tune Info
395
Hpipe An Comhra Donn / Comhra Donn / An Comhra na dTonn / An Cora Donn / The Brown Chest / Sonny Brogan's / Ó Murchú's Hornpipe / Humours of Tullycreen / The Sound of the Waves / Durham Rangers (also appears a 2nd time on JnKlly, mislabeled as Unknown / Thady Casey's / Frieze Britches; 1st in set Thunderhead on SS 2; for 5th figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Durham Rangers #2097)
2 Tune Info
414
Hpipe Cronin's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Uí Chróinín / Cronin's / Cronins / Murphy's Hornpipe / Denis Murphy's (for 5th figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6)
31 Tune Info
261
Song Cailín na Gruaige Doinne / The Brown-haired Girl (1st in set Anto's Gambit on WFO 3) (also as air included here)
41 Tune Info
363
JigSl Comb Your Hair and Curl It / Coleman's No. 2 / Coleman's No. 2 Slip Jig / Coleman's Hop (also in A)
2 Tune Info
205
JigSl Boys of Ballisodare, The / The Boys of Ballysadare / The Boys of Ballysodare / Boys of Balisadare / Liam Farrell's / Nora Criona (also in C, also with parts repeated; on JCt 3, first as slip jig, then as reel)
51 Tune Info
1384
Reel Musical Priest, The / Musical Priest / An Sagart Ceolmhar / The Buckeen / Lord Kelly's Reel / The New Bridge of Erin (also in A or G; also with 2 extra parts)
2 Tune Info
1622
Reel Queen of May, The / Banríon Bhealtaine / Banríon na Bealtaine / Kitty Losty's Reel / The Tap Room (structure varies)
61 Tune Info
2031
JigD Walls of Liscarroll, The / The Walls of Liscaroll / Lads on the Mountain / Andy Hehir's Jig (also in E Dorian or A Dorian)
71 Tune Info
2424
Song A Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis / An Druimfhionn Donn Dílis / An Druimfhionn Donn Dilis / An Droimeann Donn Dílis / Drimin Donn Dilis / The Dear Brown Cow / The Beloved Silk of the Kine (also as air) (composed by Edward Walsh (text), trad. (tune))
81 Tune Info
2450
Reel Connemara Stockings, The / Connemara Stockings / Connemara Stocking / Connamara Stockings / Winter Apples / Galway Reel / The Galway Reel / Kilrush Races / Shannon Breeze / Hobb's Favourite (2nd in set The Auld Blackthorne Reel on IDM 2; 1st in set Kilfenora Reels on KCB 3) (also singled, also in D) (compare Reel of Mullinivat #1663)
2 Tune Info
1129
Reel Limestone Rock, The / Lime Stone Rock / An Chloch Aoil / Tit for Tat (1st in set The Humours of Tulla on TCB 4) (also doubled)
3 Tune Info
217
Reel Dan Breen's / Dan Breen's Reel / Breen's Reel / Dan Breens / West Clare Reel / The West Clare / Ríl Iarthar an Chláir (3rd in set The Maids of Galway on WFO 1; 3rd in set The Maid of Galway on WFO 1; 2nd in set West Clare Reels on Chlr; on MvC 2, this tune appears again at the end of that track) (also in G or E)
91 Tune Info
2244
Air Casadh an tSúgáin / Casadh an t Súgáin / The Twisting of the Rope (2nd in set Away with Ye on Ch 6)
101 Tune Info
199
Reel Boy in the Gap, The / Boys in the Gap / The Boy in the Gaf / An Buachaill sa mBearna / The Boys of Cappoquin (3rd in set The Peacock's Feather on Dnu 5) (also singled, also only 1st part singled, also without the 3rd part composed by Paddy Taylor)
111 Tune Info
1820
Polka St. Mary's / Saint Mary's Polka / St Mary's Polka / The Ballymote (3rd in set Ballyfin Polkas on Ch W)
2 Tune Info
2451
Polka Church Street Polka, The (compare 1st part with 1st part of Maguire's Favourite #2144)
3 Tune Info
702
JigD Garrett Barry's / Garrett Barry's Jig / Garret Barry's / Garret Barry's Jig / Rogha Ghearóid De Barra / Gearóid de Barra / Port Garrett Barry / Tune the Fiddle / The Ladies' Fancy / The Pipe on the Hob (mislabeled on MRaf as Story about My Father's Uilleann Pipes) (also in D minor and also as hornpipe on Ev) (compare Sergeant Early's Jig #2353)
4 Tune Info
129
JigD Battering Ram, The / Batterin Ram / An Reithe Cogaidh / The Ladies' March to the Ballroom / Queen of the Rushes / Mary O'Hara
5 Tune Info
1054
Reel Kitty Gone a Milking / Kitty Gone a' Milking / Kitty Gone A-Milking / Kitty Gone a'Milking / Kitty's Gone a Milking / Kitty's Gone A-Milking / Kitty's Gone a' Milking / Kitty's Gone a'Milking / Kitty Goes a Milking / Kitty Goes A-Milking / Tá Citî ar Shiúil ag Crú Léi (also doubled, also only 2nd part doubled, also in Mixolydian)
6 Tune Info
1640
Reel Rakish Paddy / Pádraic Réice / Sporting Pat / Caper Fey / Cabair Féigh / Cabar Féigh / The Deer's Horns / The Castle Street Reel / Glastertown's Downfall (not listed in contents of Rnys, which created a mislabeling as The Sligo Maid; untitled following Bean Phaidín on Plx 4; 4th in set The Savoy on KCB 6; mislabeled on 1930 James Morrison recording as The Wheels of the World) (Donegal setting included here)