Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1161 (Louden's Bonnie Braes)

RhythmBarsMode
Fling16A Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Louden's Bonnie Braes
 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 IDM 1 (transposed up to A) (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):
Louden's Bonnie Braes / Loudon's Braes Are Bonnie / Loudens Braes So Bonnie / Louden's Braes Are Bonnie / Bonnie Scotland / Lord Moira / The Bundoran Highland / Indian Polka / The Boys of Knock (2nd in set Thistle and Shamrock on MG) (also in D or G, also as reel or hornpipe) (compare strathspey Lord Moira's Welcome to Scotland and Knocktoran Fair, both included here)
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
19273#2[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
194611#2[MG] various. Milestone at the Garden. Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era. View album details
~195321#1[JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion).View album details
199412#1[MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano).View album details
~19983#1[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle).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 #287 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #289 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #4 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [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): 1927
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