Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1347 (Mother and Child Reel)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | A Mixolydian |
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 JW 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Mother and Child Reel, The / Mother and Child / Peata Beag is a Mháthair / Peata Geal do Mháthair / Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir agam / Peata Beag mo Mháthar / Your Mother's Fair Pet / The Yellow Cow / I'm Ready Now! / Our House at Home (also reversed parts, also as song) (compare Our House at Home #4405)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1995 | 11#1 | [JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). |
| 1997 | 3#4 | [MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar). |
| ~1998 | 2#2 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). |
| ~2004 | 1.19#2 | [WFO 3] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 3. |
| ~2005 | 7#1 | [MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán). |
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 #259 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As reel #129 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As reel #795 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
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): 1966