Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Water from the Well by The Chieftains

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Artist NameThe Chieftains
Album TitleWater from the Well
MusiciansPaddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute), with many guests.
Source and
other information		BMG 09026 63637-2, 2000. Recorded at various locations 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
544		 JigSl Drops of Brandy / The Drops of Brandy / Lots of Drops of Brandy / Oh! Mary, If My Advice You Take / Hey, My Nancy (also in D) (including Paddy Moloney's arrangement)
21 Tune Info
2231		 Air Bean an Fhir Rua / Bean an Fhir Ruadh / The Red-Haired Man's Wife / The Red Haired Man's Wife / Red Haired Man's Wife / An Cailín deas Ruadh / Cailín deas Ruadh / An Cailín deas Rúa / The Pretty Red Haired Girl / The Caves of Cong (various settings included here) (compare as song #4843 and compare melody of song Ar Maidin Dé Máirt #4700)
31 Tune Info
2232		 Song Jack of All Trades
41 Tune Info
2080		 Reel Within a Mile of Dublin / A Mile from Dublin / I bhFoisceacht Míle do Bhaile Átha Cliath / The Road to Dublin / The Maid of Ballinatra / Maid of Ballintra / An Giobarach / The Meadow in Bloom / Meadow in Bloom / Through the Fields / The Club Reel / The Kerry Lasses / Sarah's Reel / You're a Long Time A Courting / You're a Long Time a-Courting
2 Tune Info
172		 Reel Blackthorn Stick, The / The Real Blackthorn Stick / Blackthorne Stick / The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick / The Old Blackthorn / The Old Blackthorn Reel / The Auld Blackthorn Reel / The Blackthorn Reel / The Blackthorn / An Sean-draighneán / An Maide Draighin / An Bata Draighin / Jolly Clamdiggers / Jolly Clam-diggers / The Jolly Clamdiggers / Rising Sun / The Rising of the Sun / Strone Johnny / Clear the Road / The Inch of Garth / Jack McGuire (also doubled, also in Bb) (compare The Rising Sun #1678)
51 Tune Info
2603		 JigSl Dusty Miller, The (2nd in set Scully's on Lu 3) (actually D pentatonic, and actually single-jig rhythm in 3/4 meter) (compare The Berwick Jockey included here and compare #563)
2 Tune Info
2234		 Reel Ketch Called "Sullivan John", The
3 Tune Info
537		 Reel Dowd's No. 9 / Dowd's #9 / Dowd's Number Nine / O'Dowd's No. 9 / A Naoi Ó Dubhda / An Samhradh in Éirinn / Summer in Ireland / Jackson's #9 / Hugh Gillespie's (mislabeled as The Old High Reel on JWh; as postlude in set The Best Years of My Life on TDeM) (also 1st or both parts singled)
4 Tune Info
874		 Reel Hunter's House, The / Hunter's House / Reavy's / Reavey's / Dowd's Favorite (2nd in set Reavy's Medley on AMPR; 3rd in set The Savoy on KCB 6) (also in A) (composed by Ed Reavy)
61 Tune Info
2235		 Song The Lovely Sweet Banks of the Moy (also as air)
71 Tune Info
2236		 Song An Poc Ar Buile / The Mad Puck Goat
81 Tune Info
603		 Reel Far from Home / Tom Billy's / Johnny Todd / Patsy Hanley's / The Windy Gap (compare distantly Far from Home #4486)
2 Tune Info
726		 Reel Gladstone, The / Gladstone's Reel (composed by Scott Skinner)
3 Tune Info
1919		 Reel Tom Billy's / Tom Billys / Humours of Scartaglen / Scarta Glen / The Humors of Newcastle / The New Post Office / The Star above the Garter (also singled, also in E Mixolydian) (the setting in O'Neill's books is not very similar in its 2nd part)
91 Tune Info
1594		 Piece Planxty George Brabazon / George Brabazon / Seóirse Brabston / Twa Bonnie Maidens / Prince Charles' Welcome to the Isle Skye / Isle of Skye (also as hornpipe) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland (tune), Carolan (text))
101 Tune Info
2074		 SgJig Willie's Single / Willy's Single
2 Tune Info
672		 JigD Frainc a'Phoill's / Port Frainc a' Phoill / King of the Pipers No. 2 / The King of the Pipers / Rí na bPíobairí / Kilrane Jig (also with 5 parts and with parts in different orders)
3 Tune Info
732		 Reel Glen Road to Carrick, The / On the Road from Glen to Carrick (compare The Chorus Reel and more distantly Chorus Reel #319, Chorus Jig #317, and Mill na Máidi #1290)
111 Tune Info
2239		 Song May Morning Dew, The (also as air)
121 Tune Info
4241		 SgJig John Joe's / Brady's Set #2 (1st in The Kilfenora Set on Ch W) (composed by Lucy Farr)
2 Tune Info
1455		 Reel Old Concertina Reel, The / The Concertina Reel / Ríl an tSeanchonsairtín / The Concerting Reel / Miko Russell's (2nd in Kilfenora Set on Ch W)
131 Tune Info
2240		 Song An Buinneán Buí / An Buinneán Buidhe / The Yellow Bittern (also as air, included here; setting on SltSdt has totally different melody) (composed by Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna aka Cathal Buidhe Mac Giolla Gunna)
2 Tune Info
2241		 March County Tyrone, The
3 Tune Info
1248		 Hpipe McDermott's / McDermott's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Mhic Dhiarmada / The Flowers of Antrim / The Sligo Fancy / Dunn's Hornpipe / The Newry Hornpipe / The Marquis of Lorne (2nd in set McDermott's on MC and on DH 3; 2nd in set Galway Hornpipe on JCt 5) (also in G)
141 Tune Info
2243		 Polka Murroe, The (1st in set Ballyfin Polkas on Ch W)
2 Tune Info
105		 Polka Ballydesmond Polka / Ballydesmond Polka No. 1 / The Ballydesmond (1) / Donncha Lynch's (1st in set The Ballydesmond Polkas on SatG and in JOL; mislabeled as Knocknabowl on ItS; 2nd in set Ballyfin Polkas on Ch W)
3 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)
151 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)
161 Tune Info
674		 Reel Fred Finn's / Fred Finn's Reel / Ríl Fred Finn / Berkshire Heights / Arda Berkshire / Molly What Ails You? / You're Right My Love / Peadar O'Loughlin's (also in B) (compare very distantly Fisherman's Lilt #1021)
2 Tune Info
287		 Reel Castle Kelly / Castlekelly / Kelly's Castle / Caisleán Uí Cheallaigh / Cumar na Cathrach / Cumar na Catrach / Castle Kelly's / [mislabeled on SE 5 as:] Music in the Forge (also 1st part or both parts singled)
3 Tune Info
2245		 Reel Red-Haired Lass, The / The Red Haired Lass / The Redhaired Lass / An Cailín Rua / Peter Kennedy's Fancy / The Crusheen / Swing Swang / Jim Seerys / Clare Reel (1st in set Cam a' Lochaigh on ADB; 2nd in set Pat Molloy on MR 2; 2nd in set The New Hall on KCB 6) (also 1st part doubled, also in A) (this tune is only slightly different from Shearing the Sheep #517)
171 Tune Info
1798		 Air Southwind / The South Wind / The Southern Breeze / The Wind from the South / An Ghaoth Aneas / An Gaoth Aneas / An Gaoth Andheas / Gaoith ua n-Dheas / I Have a Secret to Tell Thee (also in A or F; as song on GFA included here) (also in Dá mBeadh agam ór #3684) (composed by Donall Meidhreach Mac Conmara / Dómhnall Méirgeach Mac Con Mara ?)
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