Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1114 (Leg of the Duck)

RhythmBarsMode
Slide32D Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Leg of the Duck
 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 PHCB (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):
Leg of the Duck, The / The Leg of a Duck / Daniel of the Sun / Dhonal na Ghreina / Domnall na Greine / The Bucky Highlander / Bully for You / From the Court to the Cottage / Girls of the West / I Gave to My Nellie / Potatoes and Butter / She's the Girl that Can Do It / Sunny Dan / Tady You Gander / 'Tis Sweet to Think / You May Talk As You Please (compare Daniel of the Sun #461 and compare as melody for song An Muileann #4787)
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
200121#1[PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin).View album details
~9999[0] various. Alan's personal digital recordings.

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 #984 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #200 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 42 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
As other #3 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As slide #15 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): 1903
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