Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1055 (Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording CR 1 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races / The High Road to Linton / Highway to Linton / Jenny's Gone to Linton / The Leinster Highroad (also in A with 2 more parts) (compare reversed parts to fling/single jig #2643)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19921#3[CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recording listed above.

As tune #605 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #62 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #10 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 48 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 48 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #132 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1907
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