Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Stranger at the Gate by Paddy O'Brien with Daíthi Sproule

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Artist NamePaddy O'Brien with Daíthi Sproule
Album TitleStranger at the Gate
MusiciansPaddy O'Brien (accordion), with Dáithi Sproule (guitar, piano).
Source and
other information		Green Linnet GLCD 1091, 1988. Recorded in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Notes by Paddy O'Brien and Joe Burke.

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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
1348		 Reel Mountain Meadow, The
2 Tune Info
837		 Reel Highlander Who Kissed his Granny, The / The Highland Man that Kissed his Grannie (also in C)
21 Tune Info
1971		 JigD Trip to Sligo, The / Up Sligo / The Lark in the Morning / Daugherty's (1st in set Tell Her I Am on MC and WW 2; 2nd in set Master Crowley's Favorites on HG)
2 Tune Info
447		 JigD Dáithi Sproule's (composed by Dáithi Sproule)
31 Tune Info
347		 Reel Coachman's Whip, The (also doubled, also reversed parts, also in F) (composed by Vincent Broderick)
2 Tune Info
666		 Reel Foxhunter's Chorus, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
41 Tune Info
290		 Strath Miss Lyall's / Miss Lyall / Lady Lyle / Faill na mBan / Faill na m Ban / File Na Mon / The Cat that Kittled in James' Wig / Hard by Seifin (also as schottische or highland with 2nd part singled; also described as a hornpipe)
2 Tune Info
1269		 Reel Merle's Tune / Liz Carroll's (also in A) (composed by Liz Carroll)
51 Tune Info
1841		 Reel Stranger at the Gate (composed by Benedict Koehler)
2 Tune Info
1315		 Reel Miss Ratray
61 Tune Info
2087		 Air Wounded Hussar, The / Captain O'Kane / Captain O Kane / The Small Birds Rejoice (1st in set Captain O Kane on NNC) (also as song or piece, included here) (composed by O'Carolan?)
71 Tune Info
1303		 Strath Miss Hutton
2 Tune Info
1304		 Reel Miss Johnson of Pitworth
81 Tune Info
1053		 JigSl Kitty Come Down to Limerick / Kitty Come Down from Limerick / A Cháit, Tar Anuas go Luimneach / Will You Come Down to Limerick? / Will You Come down to Limerick / Follow Me Down to Limerick / The Munster Gimlet / Jimmy Powers' Favorite (also in A, also without 3rd part) (2 settings included here)
2 Tune Info
1166		 JigSl Luck of the Toss, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
91 Tune Info
1500		 Reel Paddy Fahy's Reel / Paddy Fahey's (also in C) (composed by Paddy Fahy)
2 Tune Info
4686		 Reel Miss Patterson's Slipper (also 3rd part doubled, also without 3rd part, also in C Mixolydian; also 1st part in Dorian; this tune can be described as a strongly distinct setting of #1313 from John Doherty) (compare #1313)
101 Tune Info
1964		 Reel Traveller, The / The Traveler / The Traveller Reel / The Traveler's Reel / Travelers / Walker Street / Carpenter's / Laborer's / Le Reel des Ouvriers (1st in set The Royal Spa on KCB 6; misidentified on RF as Miss Thornton's Reel / Coming through the Fields)
2 Tune Info
157		 Reel Bird's Nest, The
111 Tune Info
967		 JigD John Brady's (composed by John Brady)
2 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)
121 Tune Info
362		 Reel Colonel Rodney / Colonel Rodney's / Col. Rodney's
2 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)
131 Tune Info
744		 Hpipe Golden Eagle, The (1st in set Humours of Galway on FG 3) (also in A or F)
2 Tune Info
1088		 Reel Lane to the Glen / The Lane to the Glen / The Road to the Glen / Ed Reavy's Reel (composed by Ed Reavy)
141 Tune Info
1086		 Air Lament from Eoin Rhua, The
2 Tune Info
1211		 March March of the Gaelic Order, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly, ca. 1973)
151 Tune Info
522		 Reel Dr. Gilbert's Wife (compare #521)
2 Tune Info
782		 Reel Gus Dolan's Reel
161 Tune Info
1915		 JigSl Tiny the Trooper (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
16(1:14)2 Tune Info
722		 SgJig Girls of Knocknagow, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
171 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
854		 Reel Humours of Castlefin, The / Humours of Castlefin / The Humours of Castle Fin / The Humours of Castlefinn / The Humor of Castlefinn / Pléaráca Chaisleán na Finne / Egan's Reel / Eagan's Reel / Egan's (also singled) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of #4987)
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