Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1465 (Old John's Jig)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | A Dorian |
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 TP 2 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Old John's Jig / Port Shean tSeáin / Port Shean Tseain / Port Shean Sheáin / Port Sheain Sheosaima (also in E) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Put on Your Clothes #2467 and compare the reel The Kerryman's Daughter #1021)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1976 | 8#1 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #22 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 51 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As jig #90 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #86 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. |
| As jig #44 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
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): 1963