Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1263 (Col. Rogers)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | G Major |
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 CmA 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Col. Rogers / Colonel Rogers / Colonel Roger's Favourite / Colonel Rodgers / Colonel Rodger's / Colonel Rodger's Favourite / Colonel Rodgers Favourite / Col. Rodger's Favourite / Cnl.Rodgers Favorite / Rogha an Choirnéil Rogers / Coirnéal Mhac Ruaidhrí / McKenna's No. 1 Reel / John McKenna's / Seán McKenna's / Sean McKenna's No 1 / The Happy Days of Youth / The Joys of Youth (1st in set McKenna's on WC 3; 1st in set McKenna's Reels on MMlvy and on MaRaf)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1959 | 3#1 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| 1973 | 3#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). |
| 1983 | 4#1 | [FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion). |
| ~1999 | 23#1 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
| ~2002 | 3#1 | [MaRaf] Mary Rafferty. Hand-Me-Downs. Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, flute, whistle). |
| ~2003 | 14#1 | [MMlvy] Mick Mulvey. Within a Mile o' Jamestown. Mick Mulvey (flute). |
| ~2004 | 1.5#1 | [WFO 2] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 2. |
| ~2007 | 1.13#1 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |
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 #78 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 57 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #27 in volume 2 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #116 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 28 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. |
| As tune #316 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As tune #73 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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): 1959