Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1391 (My Love Is in America)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D 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 WC 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
My Love Is in America / My Love Is in Amerikay / My Love in America / My Love She's in America / I Meiriceá atá mo Ghrá-sa / Tá mo Ghrá i Meiriceá / My Love in the Bronx / Dandy Apron / Jenny Lind's Reel / Jenny Lind's (1st in set Alternate Routes on MSHtn 1) (also in D Major) (compare Collier's Reel #359)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1947 | A.1#2 | [JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes). |
| ~1963 | 6#1 | [JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion). |
| 1971 | 12#1 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). |
| 1973 | 9#2 | [WC 2] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 1. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1975 | 16#2 | [PK 1] Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle, low whistle). |
| ~1980 | 1#1 | [MMlny] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar). |
| 1986 | 6#2 | [TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion). |
| ~1986 | 20#1 | [CCssdy] Con Cassidy. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Con Cassidy (fiddle). |
| 1990 | 22#1 | [MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. |
| ~1993 | 1#3 | [Shskn 6] 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). |
| 1997 | 8#1 | [MH 3] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. The Lonesome Touch. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar). |
| ~1999 | 2.2#2 | [WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. |
| ~2000 | 12#2 | [LLPQ 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle). |
| ~2003 | 1#1 | [MSHtn 1] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Dearga. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, vocals, bodhrán, dobro, electric guitar). |
| ~2007 | 6#1 | [CMcN] Christy McNamara. The House I Was Reared In. Christy McNamara (accordion, concertina, vocals). |
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 #1327 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #586 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #160 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #271 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #48 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As tune #83 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| On page 119 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As reel #49 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #15 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| As reel #238 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #136 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): 1903