Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1108 (Laurel Tree)

RhythmBarsMode
Reel32A Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Laurel Tree
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book P (details in the Bibliography 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):
Laurel Tree, The / The Laurel Bush (mislabeled as Michael Gorman's on some BB 2 reissues) (compare Ceo na gCnoc #4457 and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Laurel Tree #3672)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
197612#3[BB 2] The Bothy Band. Old Hag You Have Killed Me. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet, harmonium), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).View album details
~19862.3#2[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
~199215#2[PHt] Parson's Hat. The Better Match. Bríd Ní Chatháin (harp, vocals), Fred Johnston (guitar, vocals, mandolin), Janet Sutton (whistle), Paul Wilkins (piano accordion, whistle, keyboards, piano).View album details
~199314#2[SSt] various. The Sound of Stone. Artists for Mullaghmore. View album details
~199315#2[MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle).View album details
199911#2[GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle).View album details
~199920#3[MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. View album details
~20053#2[LCJD] Liz Carroll and John Doyle. In Play. Liz Carroll (fiddle), John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki).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 recordings listed above.

As tune #32 in [P] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels.

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): 1976