Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1305 (Miss Johnson's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Johnson's
 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 AMPR (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):
Miss Johnson's / Miss Johnson / Miss Johnson of Houghton Hall / Miss Johnston / Miss Johnston's / Iníon Mhic Eoin / Iníon Mhic Sheáin / Reedy Johnson's / The Mountainy Man / The Muster Bank / The Munster Bank / Rock the Cradle / Belvidere / The Cow That Ate the Blanket No. 2 (1st in set The Teetotaler on TCB 4) (also with reversed parts)
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
~197310#2[SE 2] Seamus Ennis. The Pure Drop. Seamus Ennis (pipes).View album details
~19765#2[AMPR] Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paddy Reynolds (fiddle).View album details
~19792#1[MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle).View album details
~19862.2#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
~199317#1[JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion).View album details
20067#1[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).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 #1376 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #626 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #173 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #188 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 127 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #28 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [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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