Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1168 (Lucy Campbell)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32ABCDD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Lucy Campbell
 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 MC (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lucy Campbell / Lucy Campbell's / Miss Lucy Campbell / Lucy Cambell / Miss Louisa Campbell's Delight / Miss Lucia Campbell / Luighseach Chaimbéal / Ríl Luighseach Chaimbéal / The Dear Meal Is Cheap / The Dear Meal / Leap Year / The Leap Year / Cairngorum (2nd in set Away We Go Again on Ch 7) (also in A) (compare as song The Bridal O't)

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
19351.20#1[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
~19583#1[KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums).View album details
~195912#1[AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle).View album details
~19593#1[AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle).View album details
19675#1[PitS] various. Paddy in the Smoke. Martin Byrnes (fiddle), Danny Meehan (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Tony McMahon (accordion), Andy Boyle (fiddle), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Jimmy Dunleavy (fiddle), Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion), Father O'Keeffe (mandolin), Lucy Farr (fiddle), Edmond Murphy (fiddle).View album details
~19769#2[TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar).View album details
~19771#2[Ch 7] The Chieftains. 7. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, oboe), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).View album details
~19861.1#1[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
199812#1[KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
~199816#1[JMcE] John McEvoy. Returning. John McEvoy (fiddle).View album details
20015#1[FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle).View album details
~20018#1[FG 6] Frankie Gavin. Fierce Traditional. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute).View album details
~20023#3[Boh 3] Bohola. Bohola. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Sean Cleland (fiddle, viola, baritone fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, bouzouki, vocals).View album details
~20025#2[AFL] Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry. At First Light. Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle, pipes, bodhrán), John McSherry (pipes, whistle).View album details
~20021.7#2[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).View album details
~200510#1[CTrsh] Ciaran Tourish. Down the Line. Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle).View album details
~20089#2[BCw 2] Brian Conway. Consider the Source. Brian Conway (fiddle).View album details
~20084#1[UaC] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar).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.

On page 87 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #154 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #185 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #13 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 121 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #16 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On pages 39-40 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On pages 62-63 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #187 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #87 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As reel #53 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [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): 1935
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