Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Waiting for a Call by Tommy Peoples

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Artist NameTommy Peoples
Album TitleWaiting for a Call
MusiciansTommy Peoples (fiddle), with Seán Potts (pipes), Alec Finn (bouzouki), John Doyle (guitar), Dónal Lunny (bodhrán).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 78052, 2003. Recorded "around 1985" and "in 2002." I have dated the tracks with John Doyle as from 2002, the remainder as from circa 1985.

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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
801		 JigD Munster Jig, The / The Munster / The Best in the Bag / King of the Jigs / The King Jig / The Happy Mistake / Jackson's Mistake / Miss Monroe's Jig / Mrs. Monroe's Jig / Green Fields of Miltown / John Blessing's Delight / Jim O'Connor's (appears again at end of set on IDM 2) (also in A, also with 4 parts) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Joy of My Life #1004)
2 Tune Info
2021		 JigD Australian Waters / Vincent Campbell's / Dewdrops on the Corn / Mooney's Jig (as Gan Ainm on JOS 1; 1st in set Australian Waters on A RS)
3 Tune Info
4124		 JigD Kit O'Mahony's Jig / Kit O'Mahony's / Kit O' Mahony's
21 Tune Info
4125		 Reel Waiting for a Call (composed by Tommy Peoples)
2 Tune Info
1807		 Reel Spike Island Lassies, The / The Spike Island Lasses / Gearrchaile Oileán Píce / Gearrchaillí Oileán Píce / Cloichíní Beaga na Farraige / The Small Stones of the Sea (1st in set The Hillsbrook Reels on MMcG 3) (also without 3rd and 4th parts, also in A) (compare Bank of Ireland #114 and Reidy's Reel)
31 Tune Info
1945		 JigD Ard Baithen / Tommy Peoples' (composed by Tommy Peoples)
2 Tune Info
1337		 JigD Mooncoin Jig, The (3rd in The Kinvara Set on MV) (compare Welcome Home Gráinne #2043)
3 Tune Info
1044		 JigD King of the Pipers, The / Rí na bPíobairí (2nd in set Lark on the Strand on DD HR; 1st in set The Bucks of Oranmore on SGMM) (also in E)
41 Tune Info
243		 Reel Bunch of Green Rushes, The / Bunch of Green Rushes / The Bunch of Rushes (also in G Mixolydian) (compare Boys of 25 #4868)
2 Tune Info
222		 Reel Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire / O'Mahoney's / O'Mahoney's Fancy / O'Mahony's / Mulhaire's / Brereton's / The Morning Mist / The All-Ireland Reel (also in D, also with 4th part) (composed by Martin Mulhaire)
51 Tune Info
1334		 JigD Monaghan Jig, The / The Monaghan / Port Mhuineacháin / The Clay Pipe / Cock Up Your Chin, Billy (also without 4th part; 4th part by Michael Coleman?)
2 Tune Info
1765		 JigD Ship in Full Sail, The / An Long faoi Lán Seoil / Ships in Full Sail / The Ship on the Ocean / Out on the Ocean / Kitty's Wedding / Paddy the Dandy / An Buachaillín Buidhe / Buachaillín Buidhe / The Bouchaleen Buidhe / Pride of Leinster / McArdle's Favorite / McArdle's Favourite (3rd in set Johnny Leary's on NCrg 1; 2nd in set Oil for the Chain on MSHtn 1) (also in G, also without 3rd part or with different 3rd part) (compare 1st part with 1st part of #3876)
3 Tune Info
175		 JigD Blarney Pilgrim, The / The Parish Girl / Jackson's Rambles / Paddy O'Brien's
61 Tune Info
1314		 Reel Miss Ramsey / Miss Ramsey's Reel / Miss Ramsay / Lady Mary Ramsey / The Queen's Shilling / Kilkenny Boys / Johnny Doherty's (1st in set The Chorus Reels on Srnd) (often with an intro of parts AB; also structure ABAC; also with a final coda of an additional part 'D' on Whr; also in G in O'Neill books) (compare as strathspey/highland #3906)
2 Tune Info
2339		 Reel Launching the Boat / Saitheadh a' Bháid (2nd in set Drag Her Round the Road on Drv 4) (composed by Francie Dearg O'Beirn)
71 Tune Info
1943		 JigD Wishing Well, The / Tommy Peoples' (compare 1st 2 parts with Jerry's Beaver Hat #930) (composed by Tommy Peoples)
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)
81 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)
2 Tune Info
1091		 JigD Lark in the Morning, The / The Little Yellow Boy / The Yellow Little Boy / An Buachaillín Buí / Bouchaleen Buie / Galway Tom / Galway Town / A Western Lilt / The Goat's Horn / The Goats' Horns / Come in the Evening / The Kelso Races / The Welcome / The Thrush's Nest / The Spotted Cow (for The Siege of Ennis in book MM) (wide range of settings included here) (compare Peacock's Feather #2485 and Spotted Cow #4887)
91 Tune Info
359		 Reel Collier's Reel, The / The Colliers' Reel / The Colliers Reel / The Colliers / Colliers / Ríl Collier / Why She Couldn't Drink Her Tea (3rd in The Colliers' Set on CTL 8; 2nd in set Lucy Campbell on JnKlly and only 1st part appears there) (also in G) (compare My Love Is in America #1391)
2 Tune Info
2852		 Reel Bob McQuillan's / Bob McQuillen's / Maud McQuillan (mislabeled as The Halfway House in set Tripping down the Stairs on Arc 1) (composed by Aly Bain)
3 Tune Info
1807		 Reel Spike Island Lassies, The / The Spike Island Lasses / Gearrchaile Oileán Píce / Gearrchaillí Oileán Píce / Cloichíní Beaga na Farraige / The Small Stones of the Sea (1st in set The Hillsbrook Reels on MMcG 3) (also without 3rd and 4th parts, also in A) (compare Bank of Ireland #114 and Reidy's Reel)
101 Tune Info
559		 Hland Dúlamán na Binne Buí / Dúlaman na Binne Buí (also as reel)
2 Tune Info
3012		 Reel Milkmaid, The / Tommy Peoples' / Tommy Peoples / Tommy Peoples' No. 2 / Tommy People's / Mooney's Reel
3 Tune Info
927		 Reel Jenny's Wedding / Jennie's Wedding / Bainis Shinéad / New Christmas Eve (mislabeled as The Abbey Reel on FDys)
111 Tune Info
803		 JigSl Hardiman the Fiddler / Hardy Man the Fiddler / Hardyman the Fiddler (3rd in set Rhubarb and Ginger on NNC) (also in E)
2 Tune Info
724		 JigSl Give Us a Drink of Water / A Drink of Water / Give Me a Cup of Water / The Swaggering Jig / The Swaggerin' Jig / There Is No Milk in the House
3 Tune Info
4126		 JigSl Heels over Head (composed by Tommy Peoples)
121 Tune Info
549		 Reel Drunken Landlady, The (untitled E Minor Reel on Di; 2nd in set The Silver Spire on ADB) (also in A) (compare Pigeon on the Gate #1581)
2 Tune Info
636		 Reel Fisherman's Island, The / Fisherman's Island / Oileán an Iascaire (composed by Ed Reavy)
131 Tune Info
3698		 Strath King George IV / Rince Garbhchríche Rí Seoirse IV (compare Cape Breton strathspey #5143 and reels #2111 and #1466)
141 Tune Info
1522		 JigD Paddy O'Rafferty / Paddy O'Rafferty's / Paudeen O'Rafferty / Páideen O'Rafferty's / Páidin O'Rafferty / Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh / Paidin O Raifeartaigh / Páidín Ó Raifearta / Little Pat Rafferty / Drink of this Cup (also with a 4th part quite similar to the 2nd part) (compare 1st part with 2nd part of Willie Clancy's Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh #4568; compare 3rd part with 5th part of the 5-part Paddy O'Rafferty #4565)
2 Tune Info
1089		 JigD Langstrom's Pony / Langstroms Pony / The Langstern Pony / Capaillín Langstern / The Lanstrum Poney / The Lanxtrum Pony / Lastrum Pone / Lostrum Ponia / Saddle the Pony / Farrell's Pipes / The Fourpenny Girl / Four Penny Girl / Grania's Welcome Home / A Draught of Ale / The Priest's Leap (2nd in set Caledonia on Ch 6) (also without 3rd and 4th parts)
151 Tune Info
546		 Strath Drumnagarry Strathspey / Drumnagarry / The Fisher's Rant (also as reel)
2 Tune Info
546		 Strath Drumnagarry Strathspey / Drumnagarry / The Fisher's Rant (also as reel)
3 Tune Info
4127		 Hland Miss Crawford (as Reel Gan Ainm on Dnu 4) (also as reel) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Mulvihill's Highland Fling #1369) (composed by A. McAlpin)
161 Tune Info
4128		 Air Fairest Rose, The (composed by Tommy Peoples)
2 Tune Info
4129		 Hpipe Fairest Rose, The (composed by Tommy Peoples)
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