Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The High Part of the Road by Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady

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Artist NameTommy Peoples and Paul Brady
Album TitleThe High Part of the Road
MusiciansTommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 34007, 1994. Reissue of Shanachie LP 29003, 1976. Recorded in Dublin. Liner notes by Peter Brown.

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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
1434		 Reel Oak Tree, The / An Crann Darach /[mislabeled in CRE 2 as:] Bean a' Tí ar Lár [instead of:] The Old Oak Tree / An Seanchrann Darach / Old Simon's Hornpipe (also as hornpipe)
2 Tune Info
1290		 Reel Pinch of Snuff, The / An Pinsín Snaoisín / The Old Pinch of Snuff / Pinch of Snuff / Mil na Maidí / Mill na Máidí / The Crushing of Twigs / The Humours of Swanlinbar (various number and order of parts) (compare Pinch of Snuff #1583, Glen Road to Carrick #732, and 1st part with 1st part of Four Courts No. 2 #2469)
21 Tune Info
1023		 JigSl Kid on the Mountain, The / An Mionnán ar an Sliabh / An Meannán ar an Sliabh (also with only 4 parts including a different 4th part, or with an additional 6th part, also as song The Bottle of Wine) (mislabeled as The Ballintore Fancy on some BB 2 reissues)
2 Tune Info
316		 JigSl Choice Wife, The / An Phis Fhliuch / An Pis Fhliuch / The Wet Quim / O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick / O'Farrell's Welcome / The Boy in the Bush / Boy in the Bush
31 Tune Info
2055		 Reel Wheels of the World, The / Rothaí an Domhain / [misspelled as:] Wheel of the World / [mislabeled on the seminal 1930 recording by James Morrison as:] Rakish Paddy
2 Tune Info
1960		 Reel Toss the Feathers / Toss the Feathers #2 / Toss the Feathers No. 2 (also singled) (compare Toss the Feathers #1959)
41 Tune Info
2653		 JigD High Part of the Road, The / The Top of the Road / Ard an Bhóthair / Ard a Bhóthair / Ard an Bhothair / Ard An Bothair / Willy Clancy's / West Clare / The Blooming Meadows (1st in Gerry's Set on Dnu 5) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Blooming Meadows #180)
2 Tune Info
1670		 JigD Reverend Brother's Jig, The / Port an Bhráthar Port an Bhrathar / Port an Bhrathair / The Reverend Brothers Jig / The Monk's Jig / Sonny Brogan's #1 / Sonny Brogan's Fancy / Sonny Brogan's / Did You See My Man Looking for Me?
51 Tune Info
114		 Reel Bank of Ireland, The / The Banks of Ireland / [misspelled as:] The Band of Ireland (compare Spike Island Lassies #1807 and Reidy's Reel)
2 Tune Info
445		 Reel Dairy Maid, The / The Dairymaid / Bean an Bhainne / The Dairy Maid's Reel / Shuffle the Cards (4th in set The Ritz on KCB 6) (also doubled)
61 Tune Info
1424		 Reel Nine Points of Roguery, The / Naoi nArda na Rógaireachta / The Nine Points to Roguery / The Black Mare of Fanad / The Kiltyfanad Reel (compare Doon Reel #319)
2 Tune Info
3577		 Reel Bean a' Tí ar Lár / Bean a'Ti ar Lar / Bean An It Ar Lar / The Mistress on the Floor (mislabeled as The Old Oak Tree / An Seanchrann Darach in CRE 2)
71 Tune Info
768		 Reel Green Groves of Erin, The / Garráin Ghlasa na hÉireann / The Groves of Erin / Groves of Erin / Erin's Groves / The Green Groves / Na Garráin Ghlasa / Down the Groves / The Green Fields of Erin / Green Fields of Erin / The Gay Fellow's Favourite / The Gayfellow's Favourite / The Good Fluter / The Castlecomer Lasses / Castlecomer Lasses / The Queenstown Lasses / The Heather Breeze / Miss Shaw's Reel / Mary in the Mall / Kelly's Fancy / Miss Stewart of Grantully / The Low Highland / Padaí Bhillí na Rópaí's Highland (2nd tune in set The Real Blackthorn Stick on MC) (also singled, also in A Mixolydian)
2 Tune Info
649		 Reel Flowers of Red Hill, The / Flowers of Redhill / Hills of Clogher / The Clogher Reel / The Clougher / The Pigeon on the Gate / Country Girl's Fortune / Dan McCarty's Fancy (compare Flowers of Redhill #2419 and Maid in the Cherry Tree #2184)
81 Tune Info
1465		 JigD Old John's Jig / Port Shean tSeáin / Port Shean Tseain / Port Shean Sheáin / Port Sheain Sheosaima (also in E) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Put on Your Clothes #2467 and compare the reel The Kerryman's Daughter #1021)
2 Tune Info
1623		 JigD Queen of the Fair, The / Queen of the Fair / Ríon an Aonaigh / Banríon an Aonaigh (also without 3rd part) (compare, quite distantly, Moloney's Wife #317 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Paddy Doory's Fancy #4740) (composed by John McFadden)
91 Tune Info
1719		 Reel Salamanca, The / The Salamanca Reel / Wild Salamanca / The Wild Salamanca / Salamango / Salamander / The Salamander / The Tartan Plaid / The Maigue's Tide / The Coronation Reel / The Coronation
2 Tune Info
1168		 Reel Lucy Campbell / Lucy Campbell's / Miss Lucy Campbell / Miss Louisa Campbell's Delight / Miss Lucia Campbell / Luighseach Chaimbéal / Luighseach Chaimbhéal / The Dear Meal Is Cheap / The Dear Meal / Leap Year / The Leap Year / Cairngorum (2nd in set Away We Go Again on Ch 7) (also in A) (compare as song The Bridal O't)
101 Tune Info
3899		 JigSl Silver Slipper, The (also 2nd part doubled)
2 Tune Info
514		 SgJig Dinny Delaney's / Dinny Delaney / Dinney Delaney's / Denis Delaney's / The Old Hag in the Kiln / The Old Hag at the Kiln / The Hag in the Kiln / An Chailleach sa Tornóig (also as slide or double jig, both included here) (2nd in set Old Hag You Have Killed Me on BB 2)
111 Tune Info
608		 Reel Farewell to Ireland / Farewell to Erin (mislabeled as The Youngest Daughter on PK 1; mislabeled as Kid on the Mountain on some reissues of BB 2)
121 Tune Info
3900		 Reel MaCahills Reel [McCahill's Reel] (1st in set McCahill's Reels on TP 2)
2 Tune Info
3901		 Reel Danny Meehan's (2nd in set McCahill's Reels on TP 2)
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