Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1361 (Mug of Brown Ale)

RhythmBarsMode
Double jig32A Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Mug of Brown Ale
 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 (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):
Mug of Brown Ale, The / Jug of Brown Ale / Paddy in London / Delaney's Drummers / Winter Apples / Apples in Winter / The Clare Jig / Ginger's Favourite / The Cooraclare / Spoonful of Treacle / The Butcher's March / The Raffle Jig (for The Siege of Ennis in book MM)
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
19282#1[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
195210#1[KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle).View album details
~198617#2[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).View album details
~19939#1[Shskn] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals).View album details
199914#3[JWh 2] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).View album details
~20035#2[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).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 #305 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #128 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #40 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 28 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #57 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As misc #24 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 25 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
As tune #39 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #86 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 96 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 167 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #81 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1907
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